Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what categories of implantable defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation defibrillators have been established for reference price purposes; and what the reference price is for each category.
The reference prices are categorised under the seven categories used by the suppliers of implantable defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation defibrillators to identify the type of device used. The reference prices are as follows:
Summary Description | Reference Price | NICE Guidelines prices |
CRT - D Generator | £12,500 |
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CRT - D System | £12,700 | £12,293 |
Dual Chamber ICD Gen | £10,600 |
|
Dual Chamber ICD Sys | £10,800 | £9,692 |
Single Chamber ICD Gen | £9,300 |
|
Single Chamber ICD Sys | £9,450 |
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