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Removal Of A Small Implanted Heart Rhythm Monitor

Florida rates for HCPCS 33286

This procedure removes a small heart-rhythm monitoring device that was previously implanted just under the skin of the chest to continuously record the heart's electrical activity over an extended period. The device does not deliver any treatment itself; it only records data for a doctor to review. It is taken out once the monitoring period is complete.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Small Implanted Heart Rhythm Monitor cost?

$930

Typical total for the visit. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $930 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$117$93.33 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$447 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $347 to $4,677Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $78 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $813professional $117

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,570.88
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.45

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 9.0 times more in Alabama 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

Florida· 28th of 51

$930

$117 physician + $813 facility

AL $2,599WV $289

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.