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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Delaware 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?

$2,217

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,217 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$316 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,288 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,802Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $302 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $355

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
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$954.99
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$724.44

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 40th of 51

$2,217

$355 physician + $1,862 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.