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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Kansas 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?

$12,572

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,572 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,023 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$457 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,023$6,310 to $16,982

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $17,783Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $389 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,023professional $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
$1,949.84
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$24,547.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$16,982.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
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
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 7th of 51

$12,572

$550 physician + $12,023 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.