Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 33215

Moves a wire that runs through a vein into the heart back to a position where it works properly. The pocket holding the device is reopened, the wire is repositioned and retested, and the device is reconnected. It is done when a previously placed wire has shifted and is no longer sensing or pacing reliably.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead cost?

$5,727

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,727 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

8% physician fee92% 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 56 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	$479	$331 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$5,248	$2,692 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $776 to $13,804Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $269 to $955

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 $645.65 Median $4,466.84 Typical High $13,182.57	Facility	Global	$645.65	$4,466.84	$13,182.57
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,090.30 Median $6,606.93 Typical High $14,125.38	Facility	Global	$3,090.30	$6,606.93	$14,125.38
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $489.78 Median $1,659.59 Typical High $30,199.52	Facility	Global	$489.78	$1,659.59	$30,199.52
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,862.09 Median $5,248.07 Typical High $12,022.64	Facility	Global	$1,862.09	$5,248.07	$12,022.64

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 12.1 times more in Nebraska than in Maryland. 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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NE $8,635MD $711

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.