Pacemaker Generator Placed With Existing Leads

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 33212

Implants the pacemaker's battery-and-computer unit, the small sealed case that sits under the skin below the collarbone, and connects it to pacing wires already running to the heart. The wires are not placed during this operation; only the unit is implanted and hooked up. It is most often done when an existing pacemaker's battery is nearing the end of its life.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pacemaker Generator Placed With Existing Leads cost?

$8,444

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,444 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

6% physician fee94% facility fee

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 53 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$501	$355 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$7,943	$3,236 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $851 to $25,704Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,096

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $741.31 Median $4,570.88 Typical High $14,791.08	Facility	Global	$741.31	$4,570.88	$14,791.08
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,981.07 Median $13,182.57 Typical High $29,512.09	Facility	Global	$3,981.07	$13,182.57	$29,512.09
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $512.86 Median $9,120.11 Typical High $33,884.42	Facility	Global	$512.86	$9,120.11	$33,884.42
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,715.35 Median $12,302.69 Typical High $36,307.81	Facility	Global	$3,715.35	$12,302.69	$36,307.81

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 17.2 times more in Colorado than in Oregon. 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

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CO $22,211OR $1,292

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.