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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Alabama 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?

$794

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $324 to $9,550.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,218 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $44,668Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $324 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $16,218professional $324

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33,884.42
Median
$40,738.03
Typical High
$54,954.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 36th of 51

$794

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.