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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

North Dakota 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?

$2,571

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,571 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$575$479 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$302 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,236Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $324 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $575

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 34th of 51

$2,571

$575 physician + $1,995 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.