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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

North Carolina 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?

$9,522

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,522 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$603 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$3,715 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $912 to $21,878Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,710professional $813

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
$446.68
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
8 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
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$660.69

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 21st of 51

$9,522

$813 physician + $8,710 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.