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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Arkansas 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?

$32,798

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32,798 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $31,623 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$1,175$977 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$31,623$10,000 to $32,359

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31,623 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $39,811Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,698
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $31,623professional $1,175

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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,258.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31,622.78
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$44,668.36
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,905.46
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 8th of 51

$32,798

$1,175 physician + $31,623 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.