Pacemaker implant cost in Detroit, MI
In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, 24 hospitals list a cash price for pacemaker implant (dual chamber): from $9,774.75 to $36,253.00, with a median of $27,554.40. The lowest listed price is at VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan — $17,779.65 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $16,327.00 at 50 hospitals.
- The median here, $27,554.40, is 97% above the US median of $14,000.00.
- 8 of 24 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 26 facilities across 19 cities for code 33208, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 2, 2026.
Lowest$9,774.75VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan
Median$27,554.40half of hospitals charge less
Highest$36,253.00in this market
Difference3.7×highest vs lowest
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI.
median
Lowest $9,774.75Highest $36,253.00
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Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan lowest Detroit, MI · (313) 745-5437 INS/RPL PMW/TRNSV LD A-V File of Apr 6, 2026 · source file | $9,774.75 | $13,033.00 | — | 25% |
| St Mary Mercy Livonia Livonia, MI · (734) 655-4800 HC Insertion of New/Replacement Ppm W/Transvenous Electrode(S) Atrial & Ventricular File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $10,157.55 | $15,627.00 | $1,125.13–$23,442.51 | 35% |
| St Joseph Mercy Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 858-3000 HC Insertion of New/Replacement Ppm W/Transvenous Electrode(S) Atrial & Ventricular File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $10,157.55 | $15,627.00 | $1,125.13–$24,027.39 | 35% |
| Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI · (248) 325-1000 HB INS/REP PPM W ELTRDS ATRL&VENT File of Jun 28, 2026 · source file | $14,371.89 | $19,586.00 | $494.85–$23,953.14 | 27% |
| Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 916-2600 HB INS/REP PPM W ELTRDS ATRL&VENT File of Jun 28, 2026 · source file | $14,371.89 | $19,586.00 | $494.85–$23,953.14 | 27% |
| Henry Ford Health St John Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 343-4000 INS/REPLACE PACER W/LEADS(A/V)+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $15,978.48 | $28,533.00 | $1,091.15–$20,543.76 | 44% |
| Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital - Novi Campus Novi, MI · (248) 849-3000 INS/REPL PERM PM A & V*33208+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $16,839.20 | $30,070.00 | $161.51–$21,469.98 | 44% |
| Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital Southfield, MI · (248) 849-3000 INS/REPL PERM PM A & V*33208+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $16,839.20 | $30,070.00 | $631.14–$21,469.98 | 44% |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI · (586) 493-8000 INSRT HEART PM ATRIAL & VENT File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $17,743.64 | $35,487.27 | $5,724.54–$16,330.60 | 50% |
| Henry Ford Health Warren Hospital Warren, MI · (586) 573-5000 INSERT/REPLACE PACE ATRIAL&VEN+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $17,925.04 | $32,009.00 | $1,091.15–$23,046.48 | 44% |
| Henry Ford Rochester Hospital Rochester, MI · (248) 652-5000 INS NEW RPL PM W TRV ELT ATRIAVEN+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $18,620.46 | $39,618.00 | $21,521.50–$23,091.74 | 53% |
| Karmanos Cancer Center Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 INS/REPL. PERM PCMKR W/TR File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $22,259.55 | $44,519.10 | $5,724.54–$33,389.33 | 50% |
| VHS Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-2941 INS/RPL PMW/TRNSV LD A-V File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $32,849.25 | $43,799.00 | — | 25% |
| VHS Sinai Grace Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 966-3300 INS/RPL PMW/TRNSV LD A-V File of Apr 8, 2026 · source file | $33,197.25 | $44,263.00 | — | 25% |
| Harper University Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-6211 INS/RPL PMW/TRNSV LD A-V+1 more line at this price File of Aug 20, 2026 · source file | $33,392.25 | $44,523.00 | $0.22–$40,070.70 | 25% |
| VHS Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Commerce Charter Twp, MI · (248) 937-3370 INS/RPL PMW/TRNSV LD A-V File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $35,061.75 | $46,749.00 | $0.17–$42,074.10 | 25% |
| Beaumont Hospital - Taylor Taylor, MI · (313) 295-5000 Hc Pacemaker Insert A/V Leads+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $36,253.00 | $36,253.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy, MI · (248) 964-8800 HC INS NEW/RPLCMT PRM PM W/TRANSV ELTRD ATRIAL&VENT+3 more lines at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $36,253.00 | $36,253.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital - Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe, MI · (313) 473-1000 Hc Ins New/Rplcmt Prm Pm W/Transv Eltrd Atrial&Vent+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $36,253.00 | $36,253.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital Farmington Hills, MI · (248) 471-8000 HC INS NEW/RPLCMT PRM PM W/TRANSV ELTRD ATRIAL&VENT+1 more line at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $36,253.00 | $36,253.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton, MI · (734) 671-3800 HC PACEMAKER INSERT A/V LEADS+3 more lines at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $36,253.00 | $36,253.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI · (248) 898-5400 HC PACEMAKER INSERT A/V LEADS+1 more line at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $36,253.00 | $36,253.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Wayne Hospital Wayne, MI · (734) 467-4175 Hc Ins New/Rplcmt Prm Pm W/Transv Eltrd Atrial&Vent+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $36,253.00 | $36,253.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn Dearborn, MI · (313) 593-7125 HC INS NEW/RPLCMT PRM PM W/TRANSV ELTRD ATRIAL&VENT+1 more line at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $36,253.00 | $36,253.00 | — | — |
| McLaren Macomb both sides Mount Clemens, MI · (586) 493-8000 CI Insert or Replace Dual/BI-V Pacer w/Leads File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $11,754.30 | $23,508.60 | $5,724.54–$16,330.60 | 50% |
| McLaren Port Huron both sides Port Huron, MI · (810) 987-5000 CI Insert or Replace Dual/BI-V Pacer w/Leads File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $15,112.65 | $30,225.30 | $5,724.54–$16,330.60 | 50% |
| McLaren Oakland both sides Pontiac, MI · (248) 338-5000 CI Insert or Replace Dual/BI-V Pacer w/Leads File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $16,232.10 | $32,464.20 | $5,724.54–$23,763.42 | 50% |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
Outpatient: lowest $9,774.75, median $27,554.40, highest $36,253.00 — a 3.7× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $11,754.30, median $15,112.65, highest $16,232.10 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a
price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single
published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 19 facilities here, median $32,849.25. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 12 of 13 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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