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Removing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

North Carolina 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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$372$245 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,047 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $501 to $11,482Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $209 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $372

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$79.43

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 27th of 51

$447

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.