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33249

Insertion of implantable defibrillator system

$330.0M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 33249 (Insertion of implantable defibrillator system) received $330.0M in total Medicare payments.

Across 305.6K services, the average Medicare payment was $1.1K per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$31.3M40.6K—
2015$32.1M40.9K+2.6%
2016$36.8M39.9K+14.4%
2017$37.8M36.4K+2.7%
2018$41.0M35.1K+8.5%
2019$39.8M32.5K-2.8%
2020$33.4M23.9K-16.2%
2021$27.2M21.3K-18.6%
2022$25.3M17.9K-6.9%
2023$25.4M17.2K+0.2%

Top Providers for 33249

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Premier Cardiac Surgery Center, PllcAmbulatory Surgical CenterIL$922.5K46$20.1K
2Wichita Asc LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterKS$791.6K43$18.4K
3The Cardiovascular Surgical Center, Inc.Ambulatory Surgical CenterCA$746.0K32$23.3K
4Pima Heart Asc LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$664.9K36$18.5K
5Bcc West Valley LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$633.1K32$19.8K
6Northern Louisiana Cardiac Services LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterLA$555.5K31$17.9K
7Fresno Ca Multi Asc LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$551.6K26$21.2K
8Sacramento Heart Ambulatory Surgery Center, IncAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$487.2K18$27.1K
9Lakewood Asc, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$473.3K27$17.5K
10Cardiac And Vascular Institute Ambulatory Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$465.3K25$18.6K
11Virginia Cardiovascular SpecialistsAmbulatory Surgical CenterVA$465.3K24$19.4K
12Volusia Asc Bz, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$454.9K25$18.2K
13Visalia Ambulatory Surgical Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$415.2K21$19.8K
14South Plains Surgery Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$408.0K23$17.7K
15Tri-City Surgical Centers, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$395.7K20$19.8K
16Phoenix Asc, LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$395.7K20$19.8K
17Waco Ambulatory Surgery Center, LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$363.3K19$19.1K
18Alaska Heart InstituteAmbulatory Surgical CenterAK$351.3K16$22.0K
19Southwest Cardiovascular Interventional Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$334.0K17$19.6K
20Premier Surgical Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMO$332.3K17$19.5K
21Seven Hills AscAmbulatory Surgical CenterNV$328.0K15$21.9K
22Golden State Heart & Vascular AssociatesAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$309.6K13$23.8K
23Tampa Surgical Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$302.1K13$23.2K
24Alden Advanced Surgicenter LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$279.0K12$23.3K
25East Fort Lauderdale Asc LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$271.0K14$19.4K

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$3.8M1.1K71$53.6K
AZ$3.4M51129$115.8K
TX$2.7M1.3K79$33.8K
FL$2.7M1.4K82$32.5K
IL$1.5M75143$33.8K
VA$1.0M79944$23.2K
KS$999.3K36420$50.0K
NY$764.1K93050$15.3K
PA$712.8K70844$16.2K
LA$700.3K23712$58.4K
MO$614.5K42427$22.8K
AK$398.1K694$99.5K
TN$385.2K59736$10.7K
NV$382.1K916$63.7K
GA$375.5K54032$11.7K
SC$374.2K55428$13.4K
NJ$367.9K47926$14.2K
IN$353.8K54134$10.4K
MI$333.9K46929$11.5K
MD$296.0K38920$14.8K
MA$292.9K39124$12.2K
NC$279.8K41427$10.4K
OH$275.9K39225$11.0K
WA$258.1K36423$11.2K
MN$257.0K38323$11.2K
OK$193.9K28716$12.1K
AR$189.7K29812$15.8K
WI$182.9K28119$9.6K
AL$137.4K20714$9.8K
MS$134.6K20610$13.5K

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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.