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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Mississippi 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?

$6,493

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,493 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$347 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$1,950 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $813 to $14,454Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,549
$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $468

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
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$891.25
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
$165.96
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 32nd of 51

$6,493

$468 physician + $6,026 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.