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Pacemaker Generator Placed With Existing Leads

New Mexico 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?

$11,455

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,455 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,965 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$380 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,965$4,571 to $32,359

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $48,978Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $324 to $661
$100$1K$10Kfacility $10,965professional $490

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
$371.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$38,904.51
Typical High
$60,255.96
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$489.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 12th of 51

$11,455

$490 physician + $10,965 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.