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Removing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Tennessee 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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$309$209 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,413 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $912 to $6,026Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,778
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $309

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
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 5th of 51

$1,660

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.