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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Virginia 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?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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$759$468 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$1,995 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $891 to $40,738Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $339 to $7,079
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $5,888professional $759

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
$891.25
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$25,703.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$50,118.72
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$50,118.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,908.68
Median
$51,286.14
Typical High
$102,329.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 51

$891

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.