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Cardioverter-Defibrillator System with Left Ventricular Lead

Alabama rates for HCPCS G0448

Insertion or replacement of a permanent pacing cardioverter-defibrillator system with transvenous lead(s), single or dual chamber with insertion of pacing electrode, cardiac venous system, for left ventricular pacing

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cardioverter-Defibrillator System with Left Ventricular Lead cost?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 4 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$38.02$38.02 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,230 to $37,154

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $813 to $43,652Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $38 to $40
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $38

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
$851.14
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33,884.42
Median
$40,738.03
Typical High
$54,954.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 398.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Mississippi. 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$39.81

WI $15,136MS $38.02

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.