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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

New Jersey 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?

$9,013

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,013 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$501$457 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$4,898 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $33,113Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,511professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$30,199.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,202.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$645.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$45,708.82
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$363.08

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 27th of 51

$9,013

$501 physician + $8,511 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.