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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

North Carolina 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?

$8,099

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,099 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$513$447 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$3,090 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $912 to $21,380Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,586professional $513

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
$331.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$15,488.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
8 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
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 23rd of 51

$8,099

$513 physician + $7,586 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.