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Removing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

South 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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$214$209 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$955 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $603 to $18,197Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $30 to $407
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $214

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
$208.93
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$407

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.