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Heart Contraction-Boosting Device Placement

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 0408T

A small device and connecting wire are placed to send carefully timed electrical signals to the heart muscle, strengthening the force of each heartbeat without acting as a pacemaker or defibrillator. It is used for certain people with moderate to advanced heart failure whose symptoms continue despite standard medications and who are not candidates for other device-based heart failure therapies. The device and its wires are typically placed the same way a pacemaker is implanted, under the skin near the collarbone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heart Contraction-Boosting Device Placement cost?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$794$776 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$1,259 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $6,918Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,365professional $794

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,025.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Colorado than in South 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.

South Dakota· 51st of 51

$794

CO $8,128SD $794

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.