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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Oregon 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?

$3,327

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,327 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$1,549$1,202 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,585 to $19,498

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $50,119Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,630
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,778professional $1,549

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
$1,479.11
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$33,884.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$41,686.94
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$41,686.94
Typical High
$60,255.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,630.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95,499.26
Median
$114,815.36
Typical High
$144,543.98
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$89,125.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 49th of 51

$3,327

$1,549 physician + $1,778 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.