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Defibrillator Generator Change, Wires In Place

Missouri rates for HCPCS 33240

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 July 2026.

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

$7,581

Typical total for the visit. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,581 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$501$437 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$4,266 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $20,417Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $380 to $4,898
$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0K$100.0Kfacility $7,079professional $501

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$28,840.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,908.68
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$54,954.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$70,794.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 49.4 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMissouri $7,581 · 30th of 50
IN $39,351WV $797

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.