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Defibrillator Battery Replacement

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 33264

Replaces the battery-and-computer unit of an implanted defibrillator, the device that watches the heart rhythm and delivers a shock if a dangerous rhythm starts. Through a small incision over the existing pocket, usually below the collarbone, the old unit is taken out, the wires already running to the heart are tested, and a new unit is connected and put back in the pocket. The wires themselves stay where they are.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Defibrillator Battery Replacement cost?

$7,555

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,555 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$794$575 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$646 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $550 to $38,019Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $794

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
$398.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$34,673.69
Typical High
$40,738.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33,884.42
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$43,651.58
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 42.9 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

South Dakota· 41st of 51

$7,555

$794 physician + $6,761 facility

AK $51,741MT $1,205

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.