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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Iowa 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?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 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$380$355 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$5,754 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $44,668Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,079professional $380

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
$1,737.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,715.35
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$67,608.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$38,904.51
Typical High
$58,884.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$1,778

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.