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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Colorado 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?

$7,762

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,762 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $19,953 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 6 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$589$363 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19,953$7,586 to $44,668

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19,953 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $100,000Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,042
$500$2K$10K$50K$200Kfacility $19,953professional $589

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$31,622.78
Typical High
$112,201.85
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30,902.95
Median
$44,668.36
Typical High
$67,608.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$7,762

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.