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Removal of a Leadless Pacemaker Capsule

Alabama rates for HCPCS 33275

This procedure removes a small, self-contained pacemaker capsule that was implanted directly inside the heart, without any connecting wires. A catheter is guided into the heart to grasp and retrieve the capsule, without open-heart surgery. This differs from removing a wire (lead) connected to a traditional pacemaker or defibrillator.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Leadless Pacemaker Capsule cost?

$4,693

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,693 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$589 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,549 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $12,882Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $891

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
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in New Mexico 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 32nd of 50

$4,693

$891 physician + $3,802 facility

NM $12,490WV $1,114

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.