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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Missouri 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?

$7,516

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,516 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$437$355 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$2,754 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $20,417Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,079professional $437

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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$27,542.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$28,183.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$33,113.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$177.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 27th of 51

$7,516

$437 physician + $7,079 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.