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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Georgia 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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 4 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$794$646 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$4,266 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $17,783Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $794

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
$3,388.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$39,810.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 8th of 51

$2,570

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.