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Defibrillator Battery Replacement

New Jersey 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?

$11,411

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,411 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,965 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$447$398 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,965$6,026 to $26,915

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $50,119Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,072
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $10,965professional $447

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
$416.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,071.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$117,489.76
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$46,773.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 32nd of 51

$11,411

$447 physician + $10,965 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.