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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Indiana 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?

$4,723

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,723 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$347 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,042 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $891 to $14,791Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $275 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $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
$346.74
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84
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
$154.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 8th of 51

$4,723

$457 physician + $4,266 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.