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Procedure price report · Insertion, revision, replacement, removal of cardiac pacemaker or cardioverter/defibrillator

Repositioning of a pacemaker or defibrillator wire

CPT 33215the billing code this page is about

Repositioning of a previously implanted lead that runs through a vein to the heart, for a pacemaker or implanted defibrillator.

Hospitals typically charge $3,730 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,807 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,878. Most fall between $1,847 and $6,750 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,807
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,807 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,059$2,189$3,730$6,009$10,068

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,059 vs $10,068).

How the prices are spread

$588 – $801: 56 hospitals$588$801 – $1,090: 43 hospitals$1,090 – $1,485: 69 hospitals$1,090$1,485 – $2,022: 161 hospitals$2,022 – $2,753: 197 hospitals$2,022$2,753 – $3,749: 299 hospitals$3,749 – $5,105: 322 hospitals$3,749$5,105 – $6,952: 233 hospitals$6,952 – $9,467: 137 hospitals$6,952$9,467 – $12,891: 110 hospitals$9,467median $3,730price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,627 of 1,807 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$588$80156
$801$1,09043
$1,090$1,48569
$1,485$2,022161
$2,022$2,753197
$2,753$3,749299
$3,749$5,105322
$5,105$6,952233
$6,952$9,467137
$9,467$12,891110

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$3,730
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.16×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,730.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,942 across 43 hospitalsWA$3,942Idaho: median $7,280 across 12 hospitalsID$7,280Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,527 across 42 hospitalsMN$3,527Illinois: median $3,295 across 76 hospitalsIL$3,295Wisconsin: median $2,451 across 49 hospitalsWI$2,451Michigan: median $2,781 across 65 hospitalsMI$2,781New York: median $3,770 across 55 hospitalsNY$3,770Massachusetts: median $4,069 across 29 hospitalsMA$4,069Oregon: median $3,232 across 33 hospitalsOR$3,232Nevada: median $1,775 across 10 hospitalsNV$1,775Wyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,401 across 22 hospitalsIA$3,401Indiana: median $2,940 across 49 hospitalsIN$2,940Ohio: median $4,089 across 101 hospitalsOH$4,089Pennsylvania: median $4,010 across 87 hospitalsPA$4,010New Jersey: median $4,200 across 53 hospitalsNJ$4,200Connecticut: median $3,523 across 14 hospitalsCT$3,523Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,337 across 137 hospitalsCA$5,337Utah: median $6,383 across 26 hospitalsUT$6,383Colorado: median $5,047 across 36 hospitalsCO$5,047Nebraska: median $1,753 across 16 hospitalsNE$1,753Missouri: median $2,972 across 47 hospitalsMO$2,972Kentucky: median $4,157 across 28 hospitalsKY$4,157West Virginia: median $878 across 21 hospitalsWV$878Virginia: median $2,665 across 40 hospitalsVA$2,665Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,978 across 33 hospitalsAZ$1,978New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,887 across 23 hospitalsKS$2,887Arkansas: median $1,819 across 14 hospitalsAR$1,819Tennessee: median $1,567 across 40 hospitalsTN$1,567North Carolina: median $2,852 across 47 hospitalsNC$2,852South Carolina: median $5,254 across 35 hospitalsSC$5,254Oklahoma: median $2,323 across 35 hospitalsOK$2,323Louisiana: median $2,600 across 37 hospitalsLA$2,600Mississippi: median $2,205 across 22 hospitalsMS$2,205Alabama: median $3,576 across 26 hospitalsAL$3,576Georgia: median $3,116 across 68 hospitalsGA$3,116Hawaii: median $2,943 across 11 hospitalsHI$2,943Texas: median $4,621 across 161 hospitalsTX$4,621Florida: median $6,118 across 88 hospitalsFL$6,118
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,730. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID12$7,280+95%$4,230 – $7,280
Utah UT26$6,383+71%$6,383 – $6,383
Florida FL88$6,118+64%$3,145 – $10,153
California CA137$5,337+43%$3,053 – $12,025
South Carolina SC35$5,254+41%$3,233 – $5,738
Colorado CO36$5,047+35%$2,201 – $7,491
Texas TX161$4,621+24%$1,985 – $10,775
New Jersey NJ53$4,200+13%$3,487 – $6,839
Kentucky KY28$4,157+11%$633 – $23,874
Ohio OH101$4,089+10%$2,401 – $8,999
Massachusetts MA29$4,069+9%$2,283 – $6,581
Pennsylvania PA87$4,010+7%$2,498 – $6,438
Washington WA43$3,942+6%$1,720 – $5,482
New York NY55$3,770+1%$1,774 – $6,810
Alabama AL26$3,576−4%$2,582 – $9,044
Minnesota MN42$3,527−5%$2,830 – $3,999
Connecticut CT14$3,523−6%$2,182 – $4,887
Iowa IA22$3,401−9%$1,064 – $4,893
Illinois IL76$3,295−12%$1,541 – $6,336
Oregon OR33$3,232−13%$569 – $4,480
Georgia GA68$3,116−16%$1,848 – $6,894
Missouri MO47$2,972−20%$2,013 – $4,364
Hawaii HI11$2,943−21%$2,645 – $4,207
Indiana IN49$2,940−21%$2,206 – $5,603
Kansas KS23$2,887−23%$1,483 – $8,359
North Carolina NC47$2,852−24%$1,403 – $3,869
Michigan MI65$2,781−25%$602 – $4,402
Virginia VA40$2,665−29%$1,818 – $3,904
Louisiana LA37$2,600−30%$1,647 – $4,140
Wisconsin WI49$2,451−34%$2,248 – $4,807
Oklahoma OK35$2,323−38%$790 – $3,596
Mississippi MS22$2,205−41%$1,322 – $4,639
Arizona AZ33$1,978−47%$1,395 – $7,496
Arkansas AR14$1,819−51%$1,222 – $3,654
Nevada NV10$1,775−52%$1,091 – $4,569
Nebraska NE16$1,753−53%$1,243 – $3,760
Tennessee TN40$1,567−58%$1,190 – $3,598
West Virginia WV21$878−76%$326 – $2,773
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,730.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,609$3,738$1,916 – $6,750
Children’s38$5,895$1,720 – $12,628
Critical access151$2,887$655 – $6,146
Ownership
For-profit219$4,710$2,152 – $11,532
Government222$2,891$1,213 – $5,016
Non-profit1,357$3,768$1,899 – $6,388
System affiliation
Part of a system1,557$3,760$1,899 – $6,750
Independent250$3,412$992 – $6,552

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,691
Median cash price$3,730
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,364 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,794 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,941; most fall between $1,866 and $6,723.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,364 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,213$2,234$3,794$6,118$9,044

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,213 vs $9,044).

Of the 1,465 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,364 gave a usable cash price; 43 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 57 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,807 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (46%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,947 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,807
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here72
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded67
Hospitals that filed this code1,947

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Insertion, revision, replacement, removal of cardiac pacemaker or cardioverter/defibrillator family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rpsg Prev Implted Pm/Dfb R Atr/R Ventr Electrode.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Repositioning of a pacemaker or defibrillator wire (CPT 33215) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33215-repositioning-of-a-pacemaker-or-defibrillator-wire