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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

Virginia 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?

$10,297

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,297 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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$525$479 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$3,388 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $575 to $46,774Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $427 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $9,772professional $525

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
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40,738.03
Median
$47,863.01
Typical High
$53,703.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$22,908.68
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$56,234.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 18th of 51

$10,297

$525 physician + $9,772 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.