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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

North Dakota 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 3 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$550$550 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$550 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $380 to $9,550Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $550professional $550

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
$549.54
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 47th of 51

$550

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.