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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic cardiovascular procedures

Removal of a heart rhythm monitor from under the skin

CPT 33286the billing code this page is about

Taking out a small implanted loop recorder that had been placed under the skin of the chest to track heart rhythm.

Hospitals typically charge $1,495 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,044 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,574. Most fall between $705 and $2,876 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,044
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 2,044 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
$387$808$1,495$2,617$4,878

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($387 vs $4,878).

How the prices are spread

$217 – $309: 62 hospitals$217$309 – $439: 68 hospitals$439 – $624: 118 hospitals$439$624 – $888: 266 hospitals$888 – $1,262: 282 hospitals$888$1,262 – $1,795: 315 hospitals$1,795 – $2,553: 308 hospitals$1,795$2,553 – $3,631: 216 hospitals$3,631 – $5,164: 120 hospitals$3,631$5,164 – $7,345: 85 hospitals$5,164median $1,495price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,840 of 2,044 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$217$30962
$309$43968
$439$624118
$624$888266
$888$1,262282
$1,262$1,795315
$1,795$2,553308
$2,553$3,631216
$3,631$5,164120
$5,164$7,34585

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$723
Median cash price$1,495
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.1×

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 $1,495.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $700 across 10 hospitalsNH$700Washington: median $997 across 47 hospitalsWA$997Idaho: median $1,607 across 15 hospitalsID$1,607Montana: median $979 across 11 hospitalsMT$979North Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,041 across 51 hospitalsMN$1,041Illinois: median $1,293 across 83 hospitalsIL$1,293Wisconsin: median $894 across 52 hospitalsWI$894Michigan: median $1,259 across 76 hospitalsMI$1,259New York: median $1,523 across 81 hospitalsNY$1,523Massachusetts: median $1,704 across 38 hospitalsMA$1,704Oregon: median $1,544 across 38 hospitalsOR$1,544Nevada: median $770 across 11 hospitalsNV$770Wyoming: 5 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 $1,237 across 26 hospitalsIA$1,237Indiana: median $1,504 across 54 hospitalsIN$1,504Ohio: median $2,037 across 108 hospitalsOH$2,037Pennsylvania: median $1,760 across 86 hospitalsPA$1,760New Jersey: median $939 across 53 hospitalsNJ$939Connecticut: median $1,078 across 18 hospitalsCT$1,078Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,876 across 151 hospitalsCA$2,876Utah: median $1,312 across 26 hospitalsUT$1,312Colorado: median $1,171 across 40 hospitalsCO$1,171Nebraska: median $827 across 25 hospitalsNE$827Missouri: median $1,693 across 56 hospitalsMO$1,693Kentucky: median $1,503 across 35 hospitalsKY$1,503West Virginia: median $1,266 across 23 hospitalsWV$1,266Virginia: median $1,064 across 44 hospitalsVA$1,064Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,437 across 35 hospitalsAZ$1,437New Mexico: median $963 across 12 hospitalsNM$963Kansas: median $812 across 33 hospitalsKS$812Arkansas: median $795 across 19 hospitalsAR$795Tennessee: median $595 across 51 hospitalsTN$595North Carolina: median $1,180 across 53 hospitalsNC$1,180South Carolina: median $1,833 across 37 hospitalsSC$1,833Oklahoma: median $1,114 across 33 hospitalsOK$1,114Louisiana: median $1,218 across 39 hospitalsLA$1,218Mississippi: median $890 across 35 hospitalsMS$890Alabama: median $1,548 across 30 hospitalsAL$1,548Georgia: median $1,197 across 72 hospitalsGA$1,197Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,387 across 170 hospitalsTX$2,387Florida: median $2,548 across 104 hospitalsFL$2,548
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,495. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA151$2,876+92%$930 – $4,508
Florida FL104$2,548+70%$1,684 – $5,485
Texas TX170$2,387+60%$855 – $4,878
Ohio OH108$2,037+36%$1,029 – $4,792
South Carolina SC37$1,833+23%$1,051 – $2,189
Pennsylvania PA86$1,760+18%$837 – $3,867
Massachusetts MA38$1,704+14%$1,068 – $2,174
Missouri MO56$1,693+13%$1,040 – $2,712
Idaho ID15$1,607+8%$1,163 – $1,783
Alabama AL30$1,548+4%$767 – $3,119
Oregon OR38$1,544+3%$233 – $2,078
New York NY81$1,523+2%$630 – $5,850
Indiana IN54$1,504+1%$574 – $2,265
Kentucky KY35$1,503+1%$591 – $4,978
Arizona AZ35$1,437−4%$808 – $2,224
Utah UT26$1,312−12%$1,312 – $1,312
Illinois IL83$1,293−14%$558 – $4,660
West Virginia WV23$1,266−15%$91 – $1,819
Michigan MI76$1,259−16%$231 – $2,267
Iowa IA26$1,237−17%$400 – $3,330
Louisiana LA39$1,218−19%$538 – $1,993
Georgia GA72$1,197−20%$753 – $2,898
North Carolina NC53$1,180−21%$622 – $2,248
Colorado CO40$1,171−22%$739 – $1,911
Oklahoma OK33$1,114−25%$577 – $1,767
Connecticut CT18$1,078−28%$450 – $2,461
Virginia VA44$1,064−29%$769 – $1,813
Minnesota MN51$1,041−30%$554 – $2,389
Washington WA47$997−33%$412 – $1,737
Montana MT11$979−35%$208 – $1,401
New Mexico NM12$963−36%$554 – $1,604
New Jersey NJ53$939−37%$779 – $4,881
Wisconsin WI52$894−40%$770 – $1,868
Mississippi MS35$890−40%$458 – $2,543
Nebraska NE25$827−45%$334 – $1,253
Kansas KS33$812−46%$331 – $3,314
Arkansas AR19$795−47%$379 – $2,092
Nevada NV11$770−49%$486 – $3,139
New Hampshire NH10$700−53%$95 – $2,481
Tennessee TN51$595−60%$514 – $1,376
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not 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 $1,495.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,772$1,541$769 – $2,888
Children’s40$3,044$948 – $7,037
Critical access223$820$244 – $2,263
Ownership
For-profit259$1,914$784 – $4,923
Government274$1,073$480 – $2,163
Non-profit1,502$1,520$747 – $2,851
System affiliation
Part of a system1,732$1,554$770 – $2,940
Independent312$1,069$324 – $2,227

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,700
Median cash price$1,495
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

1,533 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,557 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,626; most fall between $769 and $2,800.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,533 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
$424$853$1,557$2,593$4,410

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($424 vs $4,410).

Of the 1,641 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,533 gave a usable cash price; 42 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 65 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,044 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (52%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,200 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,044
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here74
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded75
Hospitals that filed this code2,200

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 Removal Subcutaneous Cardiac Rhythm Monitor.

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, “Removal of a heart rhythm monitor from under the skin (CPT 33286) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33286-removal-of-a-heart-rhythm-monitor-from-under-the-skin