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Pacemaker Generator Placed With Existing Leads

Maine rates for HCPCS 33213

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 October 2026.

How much does Pacemaker Generator Placed With Existing Leads cost?

$3,510

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,510 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$407 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$2,884 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $813 to $19,953Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $331 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $490

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$19,952.62
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 22.3 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

Maine· 44th of 51

$3,510

$490 physician + $3,020 facility

OK $22,356MT $1,003

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.