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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 October 2026.

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

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $26,915 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$1,288$813 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26,915$15,488 to $37,154

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26,915 · 10th to 90th $871 to $45,709Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,344
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $26,915professional $1,288

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
$575.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$38,904.51
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$41,686.94
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$56,234.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$74,131.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$173.78

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 26th of 51

$1,778

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.