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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Alabama rates for HCPCS 33227

Replaces the pacemaker's pulse generator, the small battery-powered unit that sits under the skin near the collarbone, when its battery is running down. The old unit is taken out through the original scar and a new one is connected to the wire already running to the heart. This version covers a system that uses one wire.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead cost?

$12,490

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,490 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,023 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$468$372 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,023$5,888 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $12,023Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $316 to $603
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,023professional $468

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 21.5 times more in Oklahoma 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

Alabama· 8th of 51

$12,490

$468 physician + $12,023 facility

OK $21,837MT $1,015

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.