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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Georgia 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?

$2,319

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,319 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 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.

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$457$380 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$955 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $617 to $7,762Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $302 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $457

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
$741.31
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,047.13
7 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
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 39th of 51

$2,319

$457 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.