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Replacing a Defibrillator's Battery Unit

Texas 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?

$4,677

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,512 to $23,442.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $813 to $44,668
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $4,677

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
$812.83
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$72,443.60
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$26,915.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27,542.29
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$107,151.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$83,176.38

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 32nd of 50

$4,677

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.