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Defibrillator Battery Replacement

Minnesota 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?

$2,345

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,345 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$832$646 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$708 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $427 to $42,658Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,585
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $1,514professional $832

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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$52,480.75
Typical High
$120,226.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$27,542.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$42,657.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$51.29

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 49th of 51

$2,345

$832 physician + $1,514 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.