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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic cardiovascular procedures

Insertion of a heart rhythm monitor under the skin

CPT 33285the billing code this page is about

Placement of a small loop recorder just under the skin of the chest to track heart rhythm over an extended period.

Hospitals typically charge $9,407 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,946 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $9,968. Most fall between $4,912 and $16,924 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,946
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 1,946 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
$3,246$5,731$9,407$15,199$23,174

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3,246 vs $23,174).

How the prices are spread

$2,372 – $3,055: 77 hospitals$2,372$3,055 – $3,936: 97 hospitals$3,936 – $5,071: 140 hospitals$3,936$5,071 – $6,532: 175 hospitals$6,532 – $8,415: 231 hospitals$6,532$8,415 – $10,840: 321 hospitals$10,840 – $13,964: 231 hospitals$10,840$13,964 – $17,989: 232 hospitals$17,989 – $23,174: 151 hospitals$17,989$23,174 – $29,854: 97 hospitals$23,174median $9,407price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,752 of 1,946 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$2,372$3,05577
$3,055$3,93697
$3,936$5,071140
$5,071$6,532175
$6,532$8,415231
$8,415$10,840321
$10,840$13,964231
$13,964$17,989232
$17,989$23,174151
$23,174$29,85497

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$8,455
Median cash price$9,407
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.11×

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 $9,407.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $6,735 across 45 hospitalsWA$6,735Idaho: median $7,568 across 13 hospitalsID$7,568Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $8,399 across 45 hospitalsMN$8,399Illinois: median $10,821 across 78 hospitalsIL$10,821Wisconsin: median $7,476 across 53 hospitalsWI$7,476Michigan: median $10,902 across 54 hospitalsMI$10,902New York: median $11,752 across 73 hospitalsNY$11,752Massachusetts: median $9,016 across 40 hospitalsMA$9,016Oregon: median $14,936 across 29 hospitalsOR$14,936Nevada: median $9,596 across 10 hospitalsNV$9,596Wyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $10,734 across 25 hospitalsIA$10,734Indiana: median $7,202 across 52 hospitalsIN$7,202Ohio: median $9,471 across 111 hospitalsOH$9,471Pennsylvania: median $13,243 across 96 hospitalsPA$13,243New Jersey: median $9,168 across 53 hospitalsNJ$9,168Connecticut: median $6,329 across 17 hospitalsCT$6,329Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $12,762 across 145 hospitalsCA$12,762Utah: median $16,924 across 26 hospitalsUT$16,924Colorado: median $9,162 across 39 hospitalsCO$9,162Nebraska: median $8,345 across 17 hospitalsNE$8,345Missouri: median $7,398 across 53 hospitalsMO$7,398Kentucky: median $13,275 across 32 hospitalsKY$13,275West Virginia: median $5,625 across 23 hospitalsWV$5,625Virginia: median $8,912 across 46 hospitalsVA$8,912Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $9,633 across 30 hospitalsAZ$9,633New Mexico: median $10,181 across 14 hospitalsNM$10,181Kansas: median $8,003 across 30 hospitalsKS$8,003Arkansas: median $6,829 across 21 hospitalsAR$6,829Tennessee: median $4,668 across 46 hospitalsTN$4,668North Carolina: median $6,576 across 54 hospitalsNC$6,576South Carolina: median $15,879 across 35 hospitalsSC$15,879Oklahoma: median $6,509 across 31 hospitalsOK$6,509Louisiana: median $6,234 across 40 hospitalsLA$6,234Mississippi: median $6,484 across 31 hospitalsMS$6,484Alabama: median $10,419 across 28 hospitalsAL$10,419Georgia: median $8,685 across 69 hospitalsGA$8,685Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $9,277 across 170 hospitalsTX$9,277Florida: median $13,022 across 106 hospitalsFL$13,022
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $9,407. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT26$16,924+80%$16,924 – $16,924
South Carolina SC35$15,879+69%$5,728 – $20,827
Oregon OR29$14,936+59%$6,327 – $23,091
Kentucky KY32$13,275+41%$7,298 – $42,130
Pennsylvania PA96$13,243+41%$7,240 – $21,821
Florida FL106$13,022+38%$5,605 – $21,712
California CA145$12,762+36%$6,446 – $21,410
New York NY73$11,752+25%$7,378 – $29,474
Michigan MI54$10,902+16%$6,748 – $22,699
Illinois IL78$10,821+15%$6,220 – $18,474
Iowa IA25$10,734+14%$7,177 – $13,680
Alabama AL28$10,419+11%$5,238 – $18,000
New Mexico NM14$10,181+8%$6,731 – $19,998
Arizona AZ30$9,633+2%$3,815 – $28,411
Nevada NV10$9,596+2%$6,800 – $22,652
Ohio OH111$9,471+1%$6,206 – $13,853
Texas TX170$9,277−1%$5,558 – $14,986
New Jersey NJ53$9,168−3%$3,986 – $11,346
Colorado CO39$9,162−3%$4,546 – $10,851
Massachusetts MA40$9,016−4%$5,199 – $18,791
Virginia VA46$8,912−5%$4,215 – $11,651
Georgia GA69$8,685−8%$5,846 – $15,620
Minnesota MN45$8,399−11%$6,400 – $13,856
Nebraska NE17$8,345−11%$7,270 – $9,762
Kansas KS30$8,003−15%$4,666 – $11,380
Idaho ID13$7,568−20%$7,568 – $13,547
Wisconsin WI53$7,476−21%$1,145 – $13,123
Missouri MO53$7,398−21%$5,406 – $11,650
Indiana IN52$7,202−23%$4,212 – $15,663
Arkansas AR21$6,829−27%$3,924 – $11,733
Washington WA45$6,735−28%$4,069 – $11,778
North Carolina NC54$6,576−30%$3,177 – $10,438
Oklahoma OK31$6,509−31%$3,561 – $13,017
Mississippi MS31$6,484−31%$5,187 – $7,791
Connecticut CT17$6,329−33%$3,246 – $17,537
Louisiana LA40$6,234−34%$3,948 – $9,568
West Virginia WV23$5,625−40%$2,620 – $17,086
Tennessee TN46$4,668−50%$3,475 – $8,164
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not 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 $9,407.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,726$9,471$5,044 – $17,204
Children’s40$10,722$5,118 – $17,465
Critical access172$7,568$2,690 – $15,161
Ownership
For-profit266$11,496$6,774 – $22,584
Government247$8,676$3,832 – $14,188
Non-profit1,425$9,333$4,898 – $16,873
System affiliation
Part of a system1,672$9,391$4,792 – $16,924
Independent274$9,779$5,713 – $17,713

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$17,228
Median cash price$9,407
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

1,465 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $9,777 and the average of the middle 60% is $10,289; most fall between $5,109 and $17,035.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,465 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
$3,558$5,862$9,777$15,514$22,408

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3,558 vs $22,408).

Of the 1,647 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,465 gave a usable cash price; 114 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 67 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,946 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (49%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,216 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,946
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here185
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded76
Hospitals that filed this code2,216

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 Other diagnostic cardiovascular procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Insertion Subq Cardiac Rhythm Monitor W/Prgrmg.

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, “Insertion of a heart rhythm monitor under the skin (CPT 33285) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33285-insertion-of-a-heart-rhythm-monitor-under-the-skin