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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Minnesota 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?

$11,634

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,634 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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$1,862$1,445 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$2,239 to $40,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $79,433Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $9,772professional $1,862

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
$954.99
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$79,432.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$52,480.75
Typical High
$120,226.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$40,738.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$44,668.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,801.89
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 32nd of 51

$11,634

$1,862 physician + $9,772 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.