go back

Removal of a Leadless Pacemaker Capsule

Louisiana 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?

$3,744

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,744 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$724$617 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,820 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,413Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $724

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
$758.58
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 40th of 50

$3,744

$724 physician + $3,020 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.