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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 July 2026.

How much does Removing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead cost?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$209$191 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,089 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $6,607Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $145 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $209

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
$891.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 20th of 51

$525

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.