go back

Placing The Wire For An Under-The-Skin Defibrillator

Alabama rates for HCPCS 33271

Placement of the sensing and shocking wire for a defibrillator that sits entirely under the skin, with nothing threaded into the heart itself. The wire is tunnelled beneath the skin alongside the breastbone so it can read the heart's rhythm and deliver a shock through the chest wall if a dangerous rhythm appears.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing The Wire For An Under-The-Skin Defibrillator cost?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$813$513 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,413 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $955 to $10,000Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,630professional $813

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$37,153.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Alabama· 33rd of 51

$813

CA $7,586WV $513

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.