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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Florida 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?

$8,418

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$617 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$3,236 to $23,442

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $44,668Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $60 to $1,380
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $7,586professional $832

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
$912.01
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$37,153.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,949.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$15,848.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$44,668.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,905.46
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$63,095.73
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,398.83
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
7 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
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Florida 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

Florida· 45th of 51

$8,418

$832 physician + $7,586 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.