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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $6,607 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$537$457 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,607$3,981 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $10,965Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,607professional $537

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
$1,288.25
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$20,892.96
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,772.37
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$66,069.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 25th of 51

$1,072

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.