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Cardioverter-Defibrillator System with Left Ventricular Lead

North Carolina 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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$851$60.26 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$525 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $295 to $29,512Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $40 to $2,512
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $851

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
$39.81
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$48,977.88
Typical High
$48,977.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
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
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 23rd of 51

$851

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.