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Replacing a Defibrillator's Battery Unit

New Jersey 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?

$7,413

Typical facility fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,413 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,754 to $10,471.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $3,890 to $40,738
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $7,413

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
$3,890.45
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$33,113.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$43,651.58
Typical High
$79,432.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$93,325.43

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 21st of 50

$7,413

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.