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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Idaho 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?

$8,338

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,338 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$468 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$5,248 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $21,878Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,023
$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $575

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$13,182.57
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$27,542.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$707.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
4 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 22nd of 51

$8,338

$575 physician + $7,762 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.