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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Maine 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?

$2,675

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,675 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$347 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$2,188 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,890Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $295 to $589
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,239professional $437

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56

Where Maine 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

Maine· 29th of 51

$2,675

$437 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.