go back

Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Montana 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?

$2,699

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,699 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$1,318$891 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$1,349 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $39,811Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,585
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $1,380professional $1,318

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$39,810.72
Typical High
$70,794.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$39,810.72
Typical High
$70,794.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$69,183.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$2,699

$1,318 physician + $1,380 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.