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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Tennessee 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?

$13,468

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,468 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,023 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,047 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,023$5,888 to $25,704

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $44,668Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $871 to $26,303
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $12,023professional $1,445

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
$1,380.38
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$36,307.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$58,884.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$13,468

$1,445 physician + $12,023 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.