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Removing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

New Jersey 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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$240$209 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$6,026 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $12,303Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $182 to $6,761
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $240

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
$4,466.84
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$33,113.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$19,054.61
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$645.65

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 31st of 51

$355

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.