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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Illinois 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?

$10,479

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,479 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,000 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$407 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,000$3,162 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $18,621Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $363 to $759
$100$1K$10Kfacility $10,000professional $479

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
$512.86
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
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
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$295.12

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 12th of 51

$10,479

$479 physician + $10,000 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.