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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

New Mexico 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?

$34,431

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34,431 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $33,113 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$1,000 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$33,113$15,488 to $67,608

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33,113 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $169,824Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,738
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $33,113professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28,183.83
Median
$54,954.09
Typical High
$213,796.21
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$39,810.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$41,686.94
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$87,096.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 6th of 51

$34,431

$1,318 physician + $33,113 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.