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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Nebraska 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?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $13,490 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 6 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$1,349$355 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13,490$8,511 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,490 · 10th to 90th $7,244 to $36,308Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,239
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $13,490professional $1,349

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
$7,244.36
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34,673.69
Median
$44,668.36
Typical High
$87,096.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$107,151.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,691.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$38,904.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 11th of 51

$1,995

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.