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Replacing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Washington 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?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $22,387 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$832$537 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22,387$13,804 to $39,811

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22,387 · 10th to 90th $794 to $77,625Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,380
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $22,387professional $832

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
$831.76
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,988.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$134,896.29
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$48,977.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$32,359.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$33,884.42
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52,480.75
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$131,825.67
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$87,096.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 32nd of 51

$1,445

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.