Pacemaker implant cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 3 hospitals list a cash price for pacemaker implant (dual chamber): from $10,417.00 to $44,766.60, with a median of $44,766.60. The lowest listed price is at St Joseph Medical Center — $34,349.60 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $11,068.40 at 14 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities 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 Mar 17, 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 Kansas City, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Medical Center lowest Kansas City, MO · (816) 942-4400 Hc Insert Art & Ventr Pm W Transvenous Electrod | $10,417.00 | $35,567.10 | $5,151.00–$35,567.10 | 71% | Mar 17, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC INSER HART PACER XVENOUS ATR/VENTR | $44,766.60 | $44,766.60 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC INSER HART PACER XVENOUS ATR/VENTR | $44,766.60 | $44,766.60 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $10,417.00, median $44,766.60, highest $44,766.60 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $44,766.60. 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.
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.
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KSINSRT HEART PM ATRIAL & VENT | $735.84 | file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MOINSRT HEART PM ATRIAL & VENT | $735.84 | file |