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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Florida 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?

$4,786

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $8,128 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$501$347 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,128$3,388 to $23,442

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $45,709Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $331 to $933
$1K$10K$100K$1Mfacility $8,128professional $501

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
$870.96
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$891.25
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$22,908.68
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$37,153.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$954,992.59
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$51,286.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
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
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 9th of 51

$4,786

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.