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Defibrillator Lead Removal Through a Vein

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33244

Removes one or more wires that run from an implanted defibrillator through a vein into the heart, drawing them back out along the vein instead of opening the chest. Special sheaths and cutting tools are used to free wires that have scarred into the vein wall over the years. It is done when a wire has failed, is infected, or is in the way.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Defibrillator Lead Removal Through a Vein cost?

$4,786

Typical facility fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,096 to $12,023.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $955 to $13,804
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786

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
$2,511.89
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$16,595.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Alaska· 25th of 51

$4,786

IN $11,220ND $891

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.