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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Colorado 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?

$16,339

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,339 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $15,849 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$407 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$15,849$9,772 to $24,547

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,849 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $38,905Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $372 to $794
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $15,849professional $490

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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$6,456.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$44,668.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$10,715.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$43,651.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
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
$190.55
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$16,339

$490 physician + $15,849 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.