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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

North Carolina 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $8,710 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$692$575 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,710$1,148 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $575 to $42,658Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,188
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $8,710professional $692

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
$575.44
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$89,125.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117,489.76
Median
$117,489.76
Typical High
$117,489.76
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 39th of 51

$794

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.