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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Michigan 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?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $5,754 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$575$389 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,754$4,898 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $20,417Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $355 to $21,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,754professional $575

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
$389.05
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$58,884.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 24th of 51

$1,096

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.