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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

New Jersey 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?

$7,290

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,290 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$372$339 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,467 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $30,200Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $324 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,918professional $372

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
$354.81
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$30,199.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$912.01
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$44,668.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
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
$177.83
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 28th of 51

$7,290

$372 physician + $6,918 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.