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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

Rhode Island 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?

$3,028

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,028 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$347 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,230 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $813 to $6,918Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $309 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $398

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 22nd of 51

$3,028

$398 physician + $2,630 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.