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Pacemaker Generator Replacement, Single Lead

Virginia 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?

$9,311

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,311 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$355 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$3,236 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $427 to $46,774Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $316 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,913professional $398

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
$426.58
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40,738.03
Median
$47,863.01
Typical High
$53,703.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$18,620.87
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$56,234.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
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
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 18th of 51

$9,311

$398 physician + $8,913 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.