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Moving The Pocket That Holds A Defibrillator

Oklahoma 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?

$4,718

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,718 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$550$457 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,349 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $575 to $9,120Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,951
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $550

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 3rd of 51

$4,718

$550 physician + $4,169 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.