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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Arizona 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?

$5,620

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,620 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$372$355 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,660 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $776 to $27,542Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $316 to $2,455
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $5,248professional $372

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
$977.24
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$36,307.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$54,954.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
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
$181.97
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$263.03

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 40th of 51

$5,620

$372 physician + $5,248 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.