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Defibrillator Unit Replacement, Two-Wire System

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33263

Takes out an implanted defibrillator's battery-and-electronics box from its pocket under the skin and connects a new one to the wires already running to the heart. This version covers a system that uses two wires. It is most often done when the battery in the old unit is running down.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Defibrillator Unit Replacement, Two-Wire System cost?

$48,322

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48,322 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $46,774 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$603 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$46,774$17,783 to $53,703

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46,774 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $66,069Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,138
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $46,774professional $1,549

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29,512.09
Median
$48,977.88
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,570.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39,810.72
Median
$60,255.96
Typical High
$81,283.05
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$46,773.51
Typical High
$147,910.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 42.0 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 1st of 51

$48,322

$1,549 physician + $46,774 facility

AK $48,322MT $1,151

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.