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Repositioning Of Pacemaker Or Defibrillator Lead

South 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?

$2,598

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,598 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$447 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$501 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,399Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $316 to $851
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,995professional $603

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
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95

Where South 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

South Dakota· 32nd of 51

$2,598

$603 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.