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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Connecticut 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?

$15,685

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,685 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $15,136 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$468 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$15,136$6,607 to $28,184

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,136 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $64,565Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $331 to $851
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $15,136professional $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
$4,570.88
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$81,283.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$24,547.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$15,685

$550 physician + $15,136 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.