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Defibrillator Generator Change, Wires In Place

Oregon rates for HCPCS 33230

Placement of the pulse generator of an implantable defibrillator — the sealed battery-and-computer unit that sits under the skin below the collarbone — when the wires running to the heart are already in place and are being kept. The pocket is opened, the new unit is connected to the existing wires and tested, and the pocket is closed. It is most often done when the battery in a previous unit is running low.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Defibrillator Generator Change, Wires In Place cost?

$1,483

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,483 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$741$525 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$676 to $15,849

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $513 to $42,658Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,096
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $741professional $741

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
$5,128.61
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$48,977.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$45,708.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67,608.30
Median
$81,283.05
Typical High
$102,329.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$89,125.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 42.9 times more in Alaska 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$1,483

$741 physician + $741 facility

AK $48,253MT $1,125

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.