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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Kansas 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?

$33,838

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33,838 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $32,359 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,175 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$32,359$8,318 to $40,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32,359 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $40,738Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $32,359professional $1,479

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
$2,398.83
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28,183.83
Median
$38,904.51
Typical High
$40,738.03
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$38,018.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$43,651.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$38,018.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 7th of 51

$33,838

$1,479 physician + $32,359 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.