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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Arizona 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?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$813$575 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$2,455 to $19,498

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $26,915Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,715
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $7,079professional $813

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$42,657.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$30,199.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 17th of 51

$2,692

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.