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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Kansas 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?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $8,913 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,202$977 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,913$4,571 to $23,988

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $30,903Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,188
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $8,913professional $1,202

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
$3,162.28
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23,988.33
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$23,988.33
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$28,840.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$46,773.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$38,018.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
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
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 28th of 51

$1,622

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.