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33208

Insertion of pacemaker and upper and lower heart chamber electrode

$427.3M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 33208 (Insertion of pacemaker and upper and lower heart chamber electrode) received $427.3M in total Medicare payments.

Across 854.1K services, the average Medicare payment was $500.26 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$37.6M89.7K—
2015$37.9M88.7K+0.8%
2016$39.4M87.9K+3.8%
2017$41.9M90.2K+6.5%
2018$45.0M89.7K+7.2%
2019$48.2M91.5K+7.3%
2020$43.2M77.6K-10.4%
2021$44.3M80.7K+2.5%
2022$44.1M78.5K-0.4%
2023$45.6M79.4K+3.4%

Top Providers for 33208

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1The Cardiovascular Surgical Center, Inc.Ambulatory Surgical CenterCA$712.7K98$7.3K
2Premier Cardiac Surgery Center, PllcAmbulatory Surgical CenterIL$673.7K118$5.7K
3Wichita Asc LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterKS$629.9K114$5.5K
4Lakewood Asc, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$570.9K108$5.3K
5Pima Heart Asc LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$524.5K94$5.6K
6Advanced Surgical & Research Solutions LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterOK$474.0K84$5.6K
7Virginia Cardiovascular SpecialistsAmbulatory Surgical CenterVA$410.2K70$5.9K
8Cardiac And Vascular Institute Ambulatory Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$376.9K67$5.6K
9Waco Ambulatory Surgery Center, LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$358.1K62$5.8K
10Tri-City Surgical Centers, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$346.9K58$6.0K
11Northern Louisiana Cardiac Services LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterLA$341.4K61$5.6K
12Advanced Medical Imaging Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterNE$303.0K51$5.9K
13Sacramento Heart Ambulatory Surgery Center, IncAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$294.3K36$8.2K
14Collin County Asc, LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$285.6K48$6.0K
15Phoenix Asc, LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$274.9K46$6.0K
16Premier Surgical Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMO$259.9K44$5.9K
17Bcc West Valley LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$257.1K43$6.0K
18Alaska Heart InstituteAmbulatory Surgical CenterAK$256.4K39$6.6K
19Cca Asc, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$242.8K44$5.5K
20Pacific Cardiovascular Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterOR$240.1K37$6.5K
21Fresno Ca Multi Asc LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$230.9K36$6.4K
22Bryan College Station Asc, LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$225.6K40$5.6K
23Alden Advanced Surgicenter LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$221.4K32$6.9K
24Allina Health Heart And Vascular Surgery Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMN$213.6K34$6.3K
25Katy Asc, LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$205.7K34$6.0K

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
TX$5.1M6.5K246$20.9K
CA$5.1M5.9K255$20.0K
FL$4.9M7.1K244$20.2K
AZ$3.6M2.6K91$39.4K
IL$1.9M3.0K117$16.1K
NY$1.7M3.7K146$11.5K
VA$1.5M2.9K89$17.3K
PA$1.5M3.4K124$11.9K
KS$1.1M1.3K46$23.0K
OH$1.0M2.6K111$9.0K
NJ$989.1K2.3K83$11.9K
NC$977.7K2.6K96$10.2K
MO$968.8K1.6K67$14.5K
LA$941.2K80635$26.9K
MA$849.7K2.1K88$9.7K
GA$835.8K2.2K80$10.4K
OK$833.5K1.0K41$20.3K
MI$829.4K1.9K84$9.9K
TN$799.3K2.2K88$9.1K
MD$763.8K1.8K53$14.4K
SC$723.2K1.9K63$11.5K
MN$695.0K1.3K53$13.1K
IN$689.5K1.9K73$9.4K
WA$588.6K1.5K59$10.0K
OR$576.3K91439$14.8K
NE$571.9K82427$21.2K
MS$518.7K1.0K36$14.4K
AL$443.5K1.2K48$9.2K
AR$432.0K1.2K35$12.3K
WI$394.3K1.1K52$7.6K

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Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.