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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Michigan 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 July 2026.

How much does Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead cost?

$4,898

Typical facility fee. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,898 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,074 to $5,754.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $513 to $12,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$26,915.35

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 93.3 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Michigan· 29th of 50

$4,898

IN $33,113ND $355

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.