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Defibrillator Battery Replacement

Pennsylvania 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 July 2026.

How much does Defibrillator Battery Replacement cost?

$5,370

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,818 to $9,550.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $708 to $44,668
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,370

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$28,840.32
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25,118.86
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$25,118.86
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$67,608.30
Typical High
$154,881.66
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$25,703.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$97,723.72

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 144.5 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Pennsylvania· 30th of 50

$5,370

ME $60,256ND $417

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.