Surgery and procedures CPT 33208 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pacemaker implant cost in Evansville, IN — inpatient

In Evansville, IN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for pacemaker implant (dual chamber) as an inpatient: from $8,209.41 to $31,180.80, with a median of $19,695.11. The lowest listed price is at Deaconess Hospital — $11,485.70 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $15,087.80 at 21 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 33208, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 11, 2026 and Feb 11, 2026.

Lowest$8,209.41Deaconess Hospital
Median$19,695.11half pay less
Highest$31,180.80in this market
Difference3.8×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 Evansville, IN.

median
Lowest $8,209.41Highest $31,180.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Deaconess Hospital lowest Newburgh, IN HC PPM INSERT DUAL W/FLUORO $8,209.41 $24,877.00 $8,209.41–$21,891.76 67% Feb 11, 2026
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Ascension St Vincent Evansville Evansville, IN · (812) 485-4000 INSERT/REPLACE PPM A&V LEADS $31,180.80 $51,968.00 $137.37–$26,103.48 40% —
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Inpatient: lowest $8,209.41, median $19,695.11, highest $31,180.80 — a 3.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $19,695.11 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.

What it is

This procedure implants a pacemaker with leads in two heart chambers.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 33208 ($12,384.25). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Deaconess Hospital Newburgh, INPR INS NEW/RPLCMT PRM PM W/TRANSV ELTRD ATRIAL&VENT $840.00 file
Deaconess Hospital Newburgh, INPR INS NEW/RPLCMT PRM PM W/TRANSV ELTRD ATRIAL&VENT $840.00 file