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Implanting A Defibrillator With Leads Via A Vein

West 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?

$11,202

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,202 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,000 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,202$955 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,000$1,047 to $47,863

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $107,152Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,692
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $10,000professional $1,202

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$158,489.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$87,096.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where West 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

West Virginia· 34th of 51

$11,202

$1,202 physician + $10,000 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.