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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Connecticut 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $9,550 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 3 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$851$575 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,550$7,943 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $5,248 to $26,915Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,550professional $851

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
$4,897.79
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$31,622.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 27th of 51

$1,000

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.