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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Idaho 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?

$28,429

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28,429 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $26,915 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,230 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$26,915$12,023 to $40,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26,915 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $77,625Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,754
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $26,915professional $1,514

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$34,673.69
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$41,686.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$45,708.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$51,286.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63,095.73
Median
$85,113.80
Typical High
$107,151.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$17,782.79
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
5 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 16th of 51

$28,429

$1,514 physician + $26,915 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.