Surgery and procedures CPT 33208 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pacemaker implant cost in Lafayette, LA — inpatient

In Lafayette, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for pacemaker implant (dual chamber) as an inpatient: from $7,557.90 to $10,878.14, with a median of $8,926.50. The lowest listed price is at Lafayette General Medical Center — $1,368.60 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $10,364.82 at 34 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 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 — and —.

Lowest$7,557.90Lafayette General Medical Center
Median$8,926.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$10,878.14in this market
Difference1.4×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 Lafayette, LA.

median
Lowest $7,557.90Highest $10,878.14

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Lafayette General Medical Center lowest Lafayette, LA · (337) 289-7991 HC INS/RPL PERM PACER A&V source file $7,557.90 $35,990.00 — 79%
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC INS/RPL PERM PACER A&V source file $8,926.50 $29,755.00 — 70%
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LA · (337) 261-6000 HC INS/RPL PERM PACER A&V source file $10,878.14 $41,839.00 — 74%
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.

Inpatient: lowest $7,557.90, median $8,926.50, highest $10,878.14 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $8,926.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.