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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

South 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?

$11,252

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,252 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,715 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$537$389 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,715$2,951 to $25,119

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $47,863Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $316 to $759
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $10,715professional $537

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
$616.60
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$87,096.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$50,118.72
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$38,018.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where South 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

South Carolina· 15th of 51

$11,252

$537 physician + $10,715 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.