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Removing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Alaska rates for HCPCS 0580T

Taking out the battery-and-electronics unit of a defibrillator whose wire runs behind the breastbone, from its pocket under the skin, without putting a new one in its place.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead cost?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$955$562 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$2,570 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $275 to $12,882Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,511professional $955

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$14,125.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.5 times more in Colorado than in Maine. 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.

Alaska· 16th of 51

$955

CO $2,089ME $219

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.