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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 October 2026.

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

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $10,715 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$912$776 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,715$6,310 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $36,308Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,585
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $10,715professional $912

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
$4,466.84
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$44,668.36
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$83,176.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
5 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
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 27th of 51

$1,660

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.