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Replacing the generator of a phrenic nerve stimulator

CPT 33287the billing code this page is about

Removal of the implanted pulse generator that powers a breathing-nerve stimulator and insertion of a new one in the same setting.

Hospitals typically charge $33,730 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 326 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $31,058. Most fall between $13,975 and $51,384 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
326
States
32
Filings dated
Sep 2025 – 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 326 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
$8,984$15,811$33,730$44,408$58,556

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($8,984 vs $58,556).

How the prices are spread

$4,668 – $6,129: 7 hospitals$4,668$6,129 – $8,047: 6 hospitals$8,047 – $10,566: 10 hospitals$8,047$10,566 – $13,873: 24 hospitals$13,873 – $18,216: 31 hospitals$13,873$18,216 – $23,917: 21 hospitals$23,917 – $31,403: 39 hospitals$23,917$31,403 – $41,232: 78 hospitals$41,232 – $54,137: 30 hospitals$41,232$54,137 – $71,081: 48 hospitals$54,137median $33,730price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (294 of 326 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$4,668$6,1297
$6,129$8,0476
$8,047$10,56610
$10,566$13,87324
$13,873$18,21631
$18,216$23,91721
$23,917$31,40339
$31,403$41,23278
$41,232$54,13730
$54,137$71,08148

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$31,526
Median cash price$33,730
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.07×

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 $33,730.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: median $35,803 across 12 hospitalsMN$35,803Illinois: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $36,061 across 19 hospitalsNY$36,061Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $9,035 across 13 hospitalsIN$9,035Ohio: median $30,000 across 22 hospitalsOH$30,000Pennsylvania: median $36,457 across 21 hospitalsPA$36,457New Jersey: median $33,304 across 27 hospitalsNJ$33,304Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $54,874 across 27 hospitalsCA$54,874Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $27,142 across 23 hospitalsCO$27,142Nebraska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $51,384 across 11 hospitalsAZ$51,384New Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: median $13,975 across 13 hospitalsTN$13,975North Carolina: median $54,503 across 10 hospitalsNC$54,503South Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: median $44,408 across 17 hospitalsGA$44,408Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $34,441 across 23 hospitalsTX$34,441Florida: median $30,589 across 24 hospitalsFL$30,589
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $33,730. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA27$54,874+63%$41,323 – $54,874
North Carolina NC10$54,503+62%$54,503 – $54,503
Arizona AZ11$51,384+52%$37,867 – $51,384
Georgia GA17$44,408+32%$44,408 – $71,081
Pennsylvania PA21$36,457+8%$16,084 – $51,520
New York NY19$36,061+7%$36,000 – $36,628
Minnesota MN12$35,803+6%$3,715 – $35,803
Texas TX23$34,441+2%$31,342 – $34,441
New Jersey NJ27$33,304−1%$5,110 – $35,888
Florida FL24$30,589−9%$20,877 – $85,705
Ohio OH22$30,000−11%$13,668 – $36,000
Colorado CO23$27,142−20%$27,142 – $27,987
Tennessee TN13$13,975−59%$13,714 – $13,975
Indiana IN13$9,035−73%$7,908 – $12,779
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not 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 $33,730.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care299$34,441$13,975 – $54,503
Children’s2fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access22$15,811$12,779 – $30,000
Ownership
For-profit28$34,441$31,342 – $51,384
Government35$36,061$20,326 – $54,503
Non-profit260$30,594$13,668 – $51,384
System affiliation
Part of a system310$33,304$13,975 – $51,384
Independent16fewer than 20 hospitals

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$58,015
Median cash price$33,730
Cash as a share of list, median hospital51%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 49%. 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

247 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $34,441 and the average of the middle 60% is $31,932; most fall between $13,975 and $54,503.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 247 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
$12,617$16,084$34,441$51,384$58,556

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($12,617 vs $58,556).

Of the 291 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 247 gave a usable cash price; 40 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

326 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 384 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted326
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here46
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code384

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 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic nervous system procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Rmvl&Rplcmt Phrenic Nrv Stimulator Pls Generator.

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, “Replacing the generator of a phrenic nerve stimulator (CPT 33287) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-33287-replacing-the-generator-of-a-phrenic-nerve-stimulator