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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Idaho 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?

$2,764

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,764 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$427 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,862 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,943Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $339 to $933
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $525

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$5,011.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$5,888.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
4 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 27th of 51

$2,764

$525 physician + $2,239 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.