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Cardioverter-Defibrillator System with Left Ventricular Lead

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $14,454 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$1,288$1,023 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14,454$2,692 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,454 · 10th to 90th $891 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $38 to $2,239
$100$1K$10Kfacility $14,454professional $1,288

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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$8,709.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.98

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 295.1 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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.

Colorado· 8th of 51

$2,692

AK $4,266WV $14.45

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.