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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

North Carolina 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?

$2,487

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,487 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$398 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,413 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,761Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $324 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $537

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
$302.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
8 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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$436.52

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$2,487

$537 physician + $1,950 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.