Pacemaker implant cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for pacemaker implant (dual chamber): from $11,599.50 to $34,955.63, with a median of $23,277.57. The lowest listed price is at Parkview Regional Medical Center — $11,678.07 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $15,087.80 at 21 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 33208, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkview Regional Medical Center lowest Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 266-1195 HC PACEMAKER IMPLANT DUAL A & V | $11,599.50 | $23,199.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 INSERTION OF HEART PACEMAKER | $34,955.63 | $116,518.77 | $414.18–$104,866.89 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $11,599.50, median $23,277.57, highest $34,955.63 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $11,599.50. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.
8 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.
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN33208 INSRT HEART PM ATRIAL & VENT | $468.48 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN33208,LT INSRT HEART PM ATRIAL & VENT | $468.48 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN33208,LT INSRT HEART PM ATRIAL & VENT | $527.04 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN33208 INSRT HEART PM ATRIAL & VENT | $527.04 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN33208,LT INSRT HEART PM ATRIAL & VENT | $527.04 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN33208 INSRT HEART PM ATRIAL & VENT | $527.04 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN33208 INSRT HEART PM ATRIAL & VENT | $585.60 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN33208,LT INSRT HEART PM ATRIAL & VENT | $585.60 | file |