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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 July 2026.

How much does Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead cost?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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$661$363 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$3,802 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $17,378Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,457professional $661

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
$3,162.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$41,686.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$38,904.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 21st of 51

$1,259

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.