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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Montana 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?

$925

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $925 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $479 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$447$302 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$479$468 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,630Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $79 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $479professional $447

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
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$537.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,413.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$925

$447 physician + $479 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.