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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Maryland 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?

$646

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $479 to $7,079.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $617 to $17,378Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $407 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $501

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
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
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in Oklahoma than in Ohio. 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$646

OK $8,128OH $490

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.