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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 July 2026.

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

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$676$631 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$676 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $676 to $708Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,514
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0K$50.0Kfacility $676professional $676

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$707.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 38.9 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Montana $676 · 41st of 51
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.