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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Tennessee 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?

$7,756

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,756 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$676$513 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$3,981 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $16,218Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $437 to $6,918
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,079professional $676

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
$2,344.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 34th of 51

$7,756

$676 physician + $7,079 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.