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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Ohio 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?

$9,991

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,991 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$724 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$1,995 to $24,547

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $44,668Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,514
$100$1K$10Kfacility $9,120professional $871

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
$1,737.80
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$26,915.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$31,622.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$44,668.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$44,668.36
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$15,135.61
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 38th of 51

$9,991

$871 physician + $9,120 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.