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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Arkansas 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?

$7,516

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,516 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$363 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$3,981 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $11,482Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $331 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $437

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
$407.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
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
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 26th of 51

$7,516

$437 physician + $7,079 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.