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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Kentucky 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?

$1,956

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,956 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$372$316 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$490 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $339 to $14,791Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $269 to $661
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $372

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
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
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
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$1,956

$372 physician + $1,585 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.