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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

New Jersey 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?

$3,806

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,806 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$339$309 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,291 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,913Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $302 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $339

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
$331.13
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$794.33
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,748.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$933.25
6 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
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 15th of 51

$3,806

$339 physician + $3,467 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.