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Pacemaker Generator Placed With Existing Leads

Washington 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?

$6,457

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $708 to $18,197.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $525 to $28,840
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,457

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$46,773.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$36,307.81
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$645.65
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$45,708.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$46,773.51

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 93.3 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Washington· 21st of 50

$6,457

IN $30,903ND $331

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.