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Defibrillator System With Leads Behind The Breastbone

Kansas rates for HCPCS 0571T

Places or replaces an implantable defibrillator that treats dangerous heart rhythms. Its electrodes sit in the space behind the breastbone instead of inside the veins. Imaging guidance, electrical testing, device programming, and threshold checks are included when performed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Defibrillator System With Leads Behind The Breastbone cost?

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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 5 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$562$490 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$4,169 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $16,982Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $490 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,457professional $562

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
$3,162.28
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$46,773.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$54,954.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 22.9 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

Kansas· 31st of 51

$1,023

CA $9,120ND $398

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.