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Replacing a Defibrillator's Battery Unit

Tennessee 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?

$4,074

Typical facility fee. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,089 to $13,490.

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 $4,074 · 10th to 90th $851 to $29,512
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $4,074

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
$794.33
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27,542.29
Median
$107,151.93
Typical High
$107,151.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$58,884.37

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 36th of 50

$4,074

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.