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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Minnesota 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $42,658 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 5 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$501$380 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42,658$11,749 to $75,858

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42,658 · 10th to 90th $380 to $102,329Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,138
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $42,658professional $501

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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30,199.52
Median
$61,659.50
Typical High
$158,489.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$57,543.99
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$57,543.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 42nd of 51

$661

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.