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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Texas 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?

$2,188

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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$794$776 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$1,995 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $17,378Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,754
$500.0$2.0K$10.0K$50.0Kfacility $4,169professional $794

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$26,915.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117,489.76
Median
$117,489.76
Typical High
$117,489.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$56,234.13
Typical High
$56,234.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$39,810.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 38.9 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Texas $2,188 · 9th of 51
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.