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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Rhode Island 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?

$7,782

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,782 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$1,023 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$2,754 to $33,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $58,884Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $6,607professional $1,175

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$45,708.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$64,565.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 46th of 51

$7,782

$1,175 physician + $6,607 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.