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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

South Carolina 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $12,023 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$501$389 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,023$4,169 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $389 to $28,840Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $389 to $776
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $12,023professional $501

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
$389.05
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,988.33
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$30,902.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$91,201.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 46th of 51

$575

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.