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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 October 2026.

How much does Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead cost?

$1,967

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,967 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$708$550 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$589 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $363 to $21,380Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $1,259professional $708

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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$56,234.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$13,489.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 47th of 51

$1,967

$708 physician + $1,259 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.