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Removal of a Leadless Pacemaker Capsule

South 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?

$11,117

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,117 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,471 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$646$490 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,471$2,754 to $18,197

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $692 to $21,878Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $490 to $794
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $10,471professional $646

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
$691.83
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where South 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

South Carolina· 3rd of 50

$11,117

$646 physician + $10,471 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.