Surgery and procedures CPT 33208 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pacemaker implant cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for pacemaker implant (dual chamber) as an inpatient: from $7,130.48 to $10,190.72, with a median of $7,606.06. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner — $475.58 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $10,364.82 at 34 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 33208, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$7,130.48Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner
Median$7,606.06half pay less
Highest$10,190.72in 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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA.

median
Lowest $7,130.48Highest $10,190.72

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner lowest Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC INS/RPL PERM PACER A&V $7,130.48 $25,466.00 — 72% —
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC INS/RPL PERM PACER A&V $7,606.06 $34,573.00 — 78% —
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St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC INS/RPL PERM PACER A&V $10,190.72 $31,846.00 — 68% —
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Inpatient: lowest $7,130.48, median $7,606.06, highest $10,190.72 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $9,619.62 — 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 33208 ($12,824.00). 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.

St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LAHC INS/RPL PERM PACER A&V $622.08 file