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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Alaska 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 October 2026.

How much does Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead cost?

$5,304

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,304 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$1,230$479 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,884 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,738
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $1,230

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,737.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,466.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.0 times more in Connecticut 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

Alaska· 5th of 51

$5,304

$1,230 physician + $4,074 facility

CT $7,419MT $925

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.