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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Georgia 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?

$5,883

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,883 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$513$447 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,660 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $15,488Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $331 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $513

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
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$186.21
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 39th of 51

$5,883

$513 physician + $5,370 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.