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Moving The Pocket That Holds A Defibrillator

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 33223

Moves an implanted defibrillator out of the pouch of tissue under the skin where it has been sitting and into a new pocket nearby, usually deeper or slightly to one side. It is done when the original site is painful, when the skin over the device is thinning or breaking down, or when the pocket is infected. The wires running to the heart stay where they are and the device is settled into its new position.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Moving The Pocket That Holds A Defibrillator cost?

$1,692

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,692 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$490$398 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$1,096 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $977 to $3,890Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $30 to $5,129
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $490

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
$933.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Colorado 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

Hawaii· 39th of 51

$1,692

$490 physician + $1,202 facility

CO $4,954MT $1,220

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.