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Permanent Pacemaker With an Upper-Chamber Lead

West 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?

$8,231

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,231 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$646$468 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$3,631 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $708 to $19,953Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,349
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$489.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$19,952.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
1 more rate 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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
KX · Policy requirements met
Typical Low
$38,018.94
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where West 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

West Virginia· 30th of 51

$8,231

$646 physician + $7,586 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.