Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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Insertion of 2 transvenous electrodes, permanent pacemaker or implantable defibrillator
Houston, TX
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Mhhs Imaging Center’s median price of $6.7k is 21% below the median hospital's median price ($8.5k), higher than 27% of the 1,946 hospitals reporting CPT 33217. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 20 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Aetna aetna aco hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 2 | Aetna aetna multi-tier pos/epo facility · case rate · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 3 | Aetna aetna multi-tier hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 4 | Aetna aetna pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 5 | Aetna aetna hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | — | $3.8k – $3.8k |
| 6 | Cigna cigna surefit facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 7 | Aetna aetna ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 8 | Cigna cigna facility · case rate · outpatient | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 9 | Bcbs Tx bcbs blue advantage hmo (bav) facility · case rate · outpatient | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | — | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 10 | Bcbs Tx bcbs my blue health (mbh) facility · case rate · outpatient | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | — | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 11 | Healthcare Highways healthcare highways facility · case rate · outpatient | $7.7k | $7.7k | — | — | — | $7.7k – $7.7k |
| 12 | Humana humana hmox facility · case rate · outpatient | $8.0k | $8.0k | — | — | — | $8.0k – $8.0k |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue essentials facility · case rate · outpatient | $8.9k | $8.9k | — | — | — | $8.9k – $8.9k |
| 14 | Bcbs Tx bcbs high performance network (hpn) facility · case rate · outpatient | $9.2k | $9.2k | — | — | — | $9.2k – $9.2k |
| 15 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue premier facility · case rate · outpatient | $9.2k | $9.2k | — | — | — | $9.2k – $9.2k |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare uhc nexus facility · case rate · outpatient | $9.5k | $9.5k | — | — | — | $9.5k – $9.5k |
| 17 | Bcbs Tx bcbs ppo/pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $10.5k | $10.5k | — | — | — | $10.5k – $10.5k |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare uhc hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $11.2k | $11.2k | — | — | — | $11.2k – $11.2k |
| 19 | Humana humana ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $11.9k | $11.9k | — | — | — | $11.9k – $11.9k |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare uhc ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $14.5k | $14.5k | — | — | — | $14.5k – $14.5k |
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
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