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Defibrillator Unit Placed With Existing Leads

Nevada rates for HCPCS 33231

Implants a defibrillator's battery-and-computer unit under the skin near the collarbone and connects it to wires already running to the heart. The wires are not placed during this operation. It is usually done when the existing unit's sealed battery is running down.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Defibrillator Unit Placed With Existing Leads cost?

$5,012

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,012 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,512 to $29,512.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $447 to $75,858Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $8 to $603
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $447

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$75,857.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$20,892.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$26,302.68
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,302.68
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$26,302.68
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$79,432.82

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 182.0 times more in New Mexico than in West Virginia. 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.

Nevada· 26th of 50

$5,012

NM $74,131WV $407

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.