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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Utah 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?

$25,777

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25,777 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $24,547 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$1,230$891 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$24,547$4,571 to $60,256

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24,547 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $74,131Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $661 to $2,291
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $24,547professional $1,230

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28,183.83
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,511.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52,480.75
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$95,499.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$74,131.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Utah 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

Utah· 19th of 51

$25,777

$1,230 physician + $24,547 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.