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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Georgia 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?

$9,081

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,081 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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$1,318$1,175 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$1,738 to $28,840

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $37,154Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,344
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,762professional $1,318

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
$1,047.13
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,754.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$34,673.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$38,018.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,691.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,019.95
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
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q0 · Research study, investigational
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 42nd of 51

$9,081

$1,318 physician + $7,762 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.