Surgery and procedures CPT 33208 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pacemaker implant cost in Rochester, NY — inpatient

In Rochester, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for pacemaker implant (dual chamber) as an inpatient: from $11,881.43 to $12,755.65, with a median of $11,881.43. The lowest listed price is at Rochester General Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across New York, the median is $10,876.89 at 40 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$11,881.43Rochester General Hospital + 1 more
Median$11,881.43half pay less
Highest$12,755.65in this market
Difference1.1×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 Rochester, NY.

median
Lowest $11,881.43Highest $12,755.65

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Rochester General Hospital lowest Rochester, NY · (585) 922-4000 HC INSERT NEW_REPLACEMENT PERM PACEMAKER W TRANSVENOUS ELECTRODE_S__ ATRIAL _ VENTRICULAR $11,881.43 $18,279.12 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Newark-Wayne Community Hospital lowest Newark, NY · (315) 332-2022 HC INSERT NEW_REPLACEMENT PERM PACEMAKER W TRANSVENOUS ELECTRODE_S__ ATRIAL _ VENTRICULAR $11,881.43 $18,279.12 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester, NY · (585) 723-7000 HC INSERT NEW_REPLACEMENT PERM PACEMAKER W TRANSVENOUS ELECTRODE_S__ ATRIAL _ VENTRICULAR $12,755.65 $15,944.56 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $11,881.43, median $11,881.43, highest $12,755.65 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $12,406.36 — 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 ($12,384.25). 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.

Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NYPR INS NEW/RPLCMT PRM PM W/TRANSV ELTRD ATRIAL&VENT $841.38 file