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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Nevada 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?

$7,966

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,966 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$347 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$4,365 to $15,488

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $30,903Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $288 to $646
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $7,586professional $380

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$38,018.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$20,892.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$446.68
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$34,673.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 24th of 51

$7,966

$380 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.