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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

New Jersey 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?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $10,233 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$794$631 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,233$6,918 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $18,621Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $479 to $11,220
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $794

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
$4,570.88
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$33,113.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45,708.82
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$114,815.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$41,686.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 22nd of 51

$1,230

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.