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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Alaska rates for HCPCS 0614T

Removing the battery-and-electronics unit of a defibrillator whose wire runs behind the breastbone, and connecting a new unit to the wire already in place. The pocket under the skin is opened, the old unit is disconnected and taken out, and the new one is fitted; the wire itself is left where it is.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead cost?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $617 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$245 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$479 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $363 to $14,125Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $617professional $617

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 38.9 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 43rd of 51

$617

CA $14,125KY $363

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.