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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

South 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?

$9,722

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,722 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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$389$309 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$1,778 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $851 to $39,811Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $269 to $575
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $389

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
$467.74
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$87,096.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$40,738.03
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$37,153.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
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
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where South 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

South Carolina· 16th of 51

$9,722

$389 physician + $9,333 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.