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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Missouri 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?

$4,057

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,057 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 7 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 $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,950 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $12,023Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $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
$1,412.54
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
7 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
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$275.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 13th of 51

$4,057

$427 physician + $3,631 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.