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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

Virginia 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?

$17,643

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,643 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,596 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$955 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,596$2,138 to $48,978

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $117,490Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,995
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $16,596professional $1,047

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
$1,148.15
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$33,884.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123,026.88
Median
$154,881.66
Typical High
$169,824.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$46,773.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$51,286.14
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$125,892.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 27th of 51

$17,643

$1,047 physician + $16,596 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.