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Removal of a Leadless Pacemaker Capsule

North Carolina 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?

$6,315

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,315 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$490 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$1,000 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $490 to $10,471Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $692

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
$489.78
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$14,454.40
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 15th of 50

$6,315

$692 physician + $5,623 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.