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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Ohio 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?

$2,143

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,143 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$282 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$933 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $631 to $8,710Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $245 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $324

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
$870.96
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01
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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$602.56

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 43rd of 51

$2,143

$324 physician + $1,820 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.