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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Colorado 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?

$6,613

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,613 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$372 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$3,020 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $12,589Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $331 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $447

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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$6,613

$447 physician + $6,166 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.