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Removing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 6 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$209$200 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,548 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $603 to $9,772Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $200 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $209

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$724.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 56.2 times more in California 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.

Iowa· 22nd of 51

$468

CA $8,318ND $148

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.