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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Maryland 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?

$501

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $324 to $1,585.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,467Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $282 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $331

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$389.05
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$794.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
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
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$275.42

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Oklahoma than in New York. 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.

Maryland· 36th of 51

$501

OK $2,138NY $288

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.