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Cardioverter-Defibrillator System with Left Ventricular Lead

Massachusetts 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?

$4,266

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44,668 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 7 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$44,668$2,692 to $58,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,692 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $7,244Professionalmedian $44,668 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $69,183
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $3,715professional $44,668

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
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44,668.36
Median
$57,543.99
Typical High
$74,131.02
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44,668.36
Median
$57,543.99
Typical High
$70,794.58

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 10th of 51

$4,266

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.