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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

South Carolina 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?

$31,836

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31,836 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $30,903 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$933$603 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$30,903$6,918 to $85,114

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30,903 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $144,544Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,549
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $30,903professional $933

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
$1,258.93
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$87,096.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$169,824.37
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$44,668.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$36,307.81
Typical High
$48,977.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$31,622.78
Typical High
$77,624.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 10th of 51

$31,836

$933 physician + $30,903 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.