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Removing A Defibrillator Unit With Breastbone Lead

Texas 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?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,549$224 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$2,138 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,778
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $1,549

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
$977.24
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$3,801.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,479.11
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 2nd of 51

$1,778

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.