go back

Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Missouri 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?

$10,778

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,778 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,096 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$3,631 to $28,184

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $47,863Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $933 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $9,333professional $1,445

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
$1,174.90
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$47,863.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,365.16
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$26,915.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$44,668.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$141,253.75
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 36th of 51

$10,778

$1,445 physician + $9,333 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.