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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Tennessee 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?

$6,026

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,026 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $10,471 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$1,072$741 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,471$5,888 to $22,387

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $33,884Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,715
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $10,471professional $1,072

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
$2,454.71
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$40,738.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 8th of 51

$6,026

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.