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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

New Jersey 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?

$13,023

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,023 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,023 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$1,000$891 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,023$6,166 to $33,113

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $50,119Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $12,023professional $1,000

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
$977.24
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$79,432.82
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,288.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$97,723.72
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$47,863.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
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
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$724.44

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 30th of 51

$13,023

$1,000 physician + $12,023 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.