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Cardioverter-Defibrillator System with Left Ventricular Lead

Wisconsin 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?

$4,074

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $8,710 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$38.02$14.45 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,710$1,660 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $661 to $21,380Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $14 to $3,090
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $8,710professional $38

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
$38.02
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$3,090.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$28,183.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$47.86
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$14,791.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$19,054.61
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,630.78
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$18,197.01
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
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$309.03

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 2nd of 51

$4,074

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.