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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 October 2026.

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

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $27,542 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,413$1,023 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27,542$21,380 to $36,308

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27,542 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $63,096Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $347 to $21,380
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $27,542professional $1,413

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
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$21,379.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$15,848.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80
10 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
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 22nd of 51

$2,042

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.