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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Montana 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $646 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$631$617 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$603 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $589 to $33,884Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,514
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $646professional $631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$54,954.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$54,954.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$69,183.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 48th of 51

$646

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.