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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Nevada 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?

$17,667

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,667 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,596 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$1,072$933 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,596$9,550 to $38,019

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $51,286Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,862
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $16,596professional $1,072

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
$1,949.84
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$75,857.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,495.41
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$50,118.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$36,307.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$25,703.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$1,174.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$81,283.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
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
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 26th of 51

$17,667

$1,072 physician + $16,596 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.