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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 October 2026.

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

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,047 from a physician practice, and about $13,183 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,047$759 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13,183$1,585 to $28,840

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,183 · 10th to 90th $871 to $42,658Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,715
$100$1K$10Kfacility $13,183professional $1,047

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
$2,818.38
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$19,498.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$30,902.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$891.25
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$50,118.72
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30,199.52
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$30,199.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$50,118.72
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$56,234.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,454.71
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
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$79.43

Where California 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.

California· 12th of 51

$3,715

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.