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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33249

Puts in, or replaces, an implantable defibrillator — a device that watches the heart rhythm and delivers pacing or a shock if a dangerous fast rhythm starts. One or two leads are threaded through a vein under the collarbone into the heart and connected to a generator placed in a pocket under the skin. It covers both a first implant and a full system replacement.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein cost?

$53,750

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53,750 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,631 to the doctor who performs it, and $50,119 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$3,631$1,259 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$50,119$18,621 to $70,795

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50,119 · 10th to 90th $6,761 to $87,096Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $5,623
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $50,119professional $3,631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$22,387.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38,018.94
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$35,481.34
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,128.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54,954.09
Median
$79,432.82
Typical High
$134,896.29
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$61,659.50
Typical High
$194,984.46
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 19.9 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$53,750

$3,631 physician + $50,119 facility

AK $53,750MT $2,699

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.