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Defibrillator Battery Replacement

Nebraska 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?

$22,729

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22,729 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $21,878 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$851$676 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$21,878$5,754 to $44,668

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21,878 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $54,954Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,884
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $21,878professional $851

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
$4,365.16
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$28,840.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34,673.69
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$95,499.26
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36,307.81
Median
$38,904.51
Typical High
$40,738.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37,153.52
Median
$44,668.36
Typical High
$54,954.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$47,863.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,884.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37,153.52
Median
$44,668.36
Typical High
$60,255.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$38,904.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 23rd of 51

$22,729

$851 physician + $21,878 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.