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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Illinois 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?

$3,447

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,447 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$427$372 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$2,138 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $6,607Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $331 to $692
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $427

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
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
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
$190.55
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$275.42

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 18th of 51

$3,447

$427 physician + $3,020 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.