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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Minnesota 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?

$2,631

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,631 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$724 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$794 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $479 to $23,442Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $1,698professional $933

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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$56,234.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$15,135.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 48th of 51

$2,631

$933 physician + $1,698 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.