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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Louisiana 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?

$9,811

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,811 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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$479$389 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$6,026 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $21,878Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $347 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $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
$457.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
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
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$9,811

$479 physician + $9,333 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.