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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Louisiana 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?

$17,783

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,783 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,288 to $26,915.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20,893 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $47,863Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $20,893professional $871

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
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$53,703.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$33,113.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$45,708.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$85.11

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 2nd of 51

$17,783

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.