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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 33206

Implants a permanent pacemaker under the skin near the collarbone and threads its pacing wire through a vein into the upper chamber of the heart. Pacing the upper chamber keeps the heart rate from dropping too low when the heart's own natural pacemaker is unreliable. Both placing a new system and replacing an existing one are covered.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead cost?

$3,592

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,592 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$525 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$646 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $490 to $14,125Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $417 to $6,918
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,884professional $708

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$741.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$21,877.62
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$660.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$33,884.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,995.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$21,877.62
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$38,018.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$6,309.57
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 16.2 times more in Oklahoma than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Massachusetts· 47th of 51

$3,592

$708 physician + $2,884 facility

OK $21,968MT $1,353

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.