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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

New Mexico 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?

$10,918

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,918 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,471 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$447$389 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,471$5,623 to $32,359

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $708 to $45,709Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $316 to $631
$100$1K$10Kfacility $10,471professional $447

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
$380.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$52,480.75
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$489.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 10th of 51

$10,918

$447 physician + $10,471 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.