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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Colorado 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?

$26,407

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26,407 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $25,119 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$1,072 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$25,119$15,849 to $44,668

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25,119 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $104,713Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,138
$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $25,119professional $1,288

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
$1,318.26
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$93,325.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$109,647.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$46,773.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$44,668.36
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$40,738.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$38,904.51
Typical High
$114,815.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 17th of 51

$26,407

$1,288 physician + $25,119 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.