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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 October 2026.

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

$8,913

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,913 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $18,197 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$724$589 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18,197$12,303 to $29,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18,197 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $45,709Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,413
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $18,197professional $724

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$45,708.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$39,810.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$34,673.69
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$52,480.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$77.62

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 5th of 51

$8,913

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.