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Replacing a Defibrillator's Battery Unit

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 33262

The implanted defibrillator's battery-and-electronics unit is taken out through a small incision under the collarbone and a new one is connected to the wire already running to the heart. It is done when the battery nears the end of its life. This version covers a system with a single wire in the heart.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Replacing a Defibrillator's Battery Unit cost?

$5,248

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,248 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,951 to $7,762.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $48,978
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $5,248

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$48,977.88
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$19,054.61
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$47,863.01
Typical High
$95,499.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$34,673.69
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$75,857.76

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 190.5 times more in New Mexico than in North Dakota. 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.

Pennsylvania· 28th of 50

$5,248

NM $74,131ND $389

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.