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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Minnesota 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?

$2,455

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $977 to $19,498.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $724 to $31,623
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,455

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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$61,659.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 39th of 50

$2,455

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.