go back

Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Montana 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?

$1,353

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,353 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$661$447 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$692 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $661 to $11,749Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $79 to $794
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $692professional $661

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
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$23,442.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,353

$661 physician + $692 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.