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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

New York 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?

$4,365

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $8,128 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 7 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$562$380 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,128$5,012 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $16,596Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,128professional $562

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$47,863.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76

Where New York 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 York· 3rd of 51

$4,365

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.