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Replacing a Defibrillator's Battery Unit

Idaho rates for HCPCS 33262

The implanted defibrillator's battery-and-electronics unit is taken out through a small incision under the collarbone and a new one is connected to the wire already running to the heart. It is done when the battery nears the end of its life. This version covers a system with a single wire in the heart.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Replacing a Defibrillator's Battery Unit cost?

$8,913

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,913 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,467 to $44,668.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $617 to $70,795
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $8,913

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$64,565.42
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44,668.36
Median
$58,884.37
Typical High
$79,432.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$35,481.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$112,201.85
Typical High
$165,958.69

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 190.5 times more in New Mexico than in North Dakota. 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.

Idaho· 17th of 50

$8,913

NM $74,131ND $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.