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Replacing a Defibrillator's Battery Unit

Washington 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?

$7,762

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,762 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $794 to $23,988.

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 $7,762 · 10th to 90th $501 to $79,433
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $7,762

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
$478.63
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$21,877.62
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51,286.14
Median
$70,794.58
Typical High
$128,824.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44,668.36
Median
$44,668.36
Typical High
$44,668.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$104,712.85
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$741.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51,286.14
Median
$67,608.30
Typical High
$128,824.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,988.33
Median
$70,794.58
Typical High
$125,892.54

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 19th of 50

$7,762

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.