go back

Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Massachusetts 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 6 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$851$447 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,020 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $9,772Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,571professional $851

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
$2,570.40
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,000.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$51,286.14
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,715.35
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$47,863.01
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$51,286.14
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$58,884.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 28th of 51

$933

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.