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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Kentucky 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$347 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$759 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $339 to $24,547Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,778
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,950professional $372

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
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,709.64
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$25,118.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
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
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$75.86

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$417

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.