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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Florida 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?

$6,773

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,773 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$316$263 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$3,467 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $18,197Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $234 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $316

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
$616.60
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,182.57
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
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
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40

Where Florida 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

Florida· 31st of 51

$6,773

$316 physician + $6,457 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.