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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Illinois 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?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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$537$355 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$1,862 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $955 to $28,184Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,890professional $537

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
$870.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$38,018.94
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$52,480.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 16th of 51

$1,514

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.