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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

California 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?

$14,125

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,125 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $15,488 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 9 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$794$692 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15,488$11,749 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,488 · 10th to 90th $5,623 to $28,840Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $468 to $9,550
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $15,488professional $794

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
$4,466.84
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,379.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$28,840.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$34,673.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$28,183.83
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$30,199.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117,489.76
Median
$117,489.76
Typical High
$117,489.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$34,673.69
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where California 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.

California· 1st of 51

$14,125

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.