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Defibrillator Battery Replacement

Colorado rates for HCPCS 33264

Replaces the battery-and-computer unit of an implanted defibrillator, the device that watches the heart rhythm and delivers a shock if a dangerous rhythm starts. Through a small incision over the existing pocket, usually below the collarbone, the old unit is taken out, the wires already running to the heart are tested, and a new unit is connected and put back in the pocket. The wires themselves stay where they are.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Defibrillator Battery Replacement cost?

$25,708

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25,708 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $25,119 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$479 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$25,119$15,849 to $44,668

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25,119 · 10th to 90th $6,166 to $89,125Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $417 to $933
$500$2K$10K$50K$200Kfacility $25,119professional $589

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$109,647.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$46,773.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,548.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$41,686.94
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$38,904.51
Typical High
$114,815.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 42.9 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

Colorado· 17th of 51

$25,708

$589 physician + $25,119 facility

AK $51,741MT $1,205

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.