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Removing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Michigan 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 4 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$219$209 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$4,074 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,918Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $145 to $3,548
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $219

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
$213.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 37th of 51

$257

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.