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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Kentucky 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?

$3,310

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,310 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$1,072$912 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,202 to $28,184

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $891 to $41,687Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,778
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,239professional $1,072

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
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$31,622.78
Typical High
$75,857.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$41,686.94
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,495.41
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$57,543.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$3,310

$1,072 physician + $2,239 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.