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Defibrillator Battery Replacement

New York 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?

$8,725

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,725 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,318 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$347 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,318$2,884 to $27,542

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $81,283Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $316 to $794
$1K$10K$100Kfacility $8,318professional $407

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
$1,513.56
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$30,199.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$138,038.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$16,595.87
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$131,825.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,348.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,479.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$42,657.95
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$89,125.09
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$63,095.73
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,202.26
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$977.24
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
18 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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$616.60
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$45.71
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$58.88
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$45.71
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$58.88
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$51.29
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$66.07
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54

Where New York 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 York· 36th of 51

$8,725

$407 physician + $8,318 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.