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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Pennsylvania 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 July 2026.

How much does Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein cost?

$8,318

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,318 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,266 to $15,849.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $58,884
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $8,318

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$47,863.01
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$181,970.09
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$52,480.75
Typical High
$97,723.72
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24,547.09
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$24,547.09
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$81,283.05
Typical High
$138,038.43
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$87,096.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$54,954.09
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$36,307.81
Typical High
$97,723.72

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 24.5 times more in New Mexico than in North Dakota. 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.

Pennsylvania· 31st of 51

$8,318

NM $37,154ND $1,514

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.