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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Ohio 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?

$7,365

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,365 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$389 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$1,514 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $891 to $16,982Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $331 to $813
$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $447

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
$2,454.71
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,135.61
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$245.47
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 38th of 51

$7,365

$447 physician + $6,918 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.