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Defibrillator Battery Replacement

Kansas 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?

$29,486

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29,486 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $28,840 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$537 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$28,840$7,943 to $38,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28,840 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $40,738Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $468 to $891
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $28,840professional $646

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$28,840.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28,183.83
Median
$38,904.51
Typical High
$40,738.03
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$36,307.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$38,018.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
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
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 12th of 51

$29,486

$646 physician + $28,840 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.