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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 October 2026.

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

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $40,738 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,585$977 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40,738$18,197 to $50,119

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40,738 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $53,703Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $617 to $3,236
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $40,738professional $1,585

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32,359.37
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$50,118.72
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36,307.81
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$61,659.50
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$51,286.14
Typical High
$165,958.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 50.1 times more in Arkansas than in New York. 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· 20th of 51

$2,344

AR $19,498NY $389

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.