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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Massachusetts 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?

$3,409

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,409 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$525$389 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$479 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $347 to $12,023Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,188
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $2,884professional $525

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
$2,089.30
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$16,218.10
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$20,892.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$16,218.10
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$32,359.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$5,128.61
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 46th of 51

$3,409

$525 physician + $2,884 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.