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Replacing a Defibrillator's Battery Unit

Kentucky 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?

$2,630

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $617 to $10,715.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $490 to $11,749
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,630

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
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,748.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$81,283.05

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 42nd of 50

$2,630

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.