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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Michigan 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?

$1,776

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,776 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$363 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,148 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,571Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $282 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $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
$426.58
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
12 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
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 48th of 51

$1,776

$427 physician + $1,349 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.