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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Michigan 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?

$40,135

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40,135 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $38,905 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$1,230$977 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$38,905$10,965 to $53,703

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38,905 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $87,096Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,479
$1K$10K$100Kfacility $38,905professional $1,230

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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38,904.51
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$120,226.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$51,286.14
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$40,738.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
12 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
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 2nd of 51

$40,135

$1,230 physician + $38,905 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.