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Placing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 0572T

Placement of the wire a defibrillator uses to sense the heart's rhythm and deliver a shock, tunnelled into the space just behind the breastbone rather than threaded through a vein into the heart. Keeping the wire out of the heart and its veins avoids the problems that come with wires running inside them.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $11,749 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 4 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$447$447 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,749$6,761 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,749 · 10th to 90th $447 to $22,909Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $417 to $479
$100$1K$10Kfacility $11,749professional $447

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
$446.68
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$41,686.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in California than in Alabama. 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.

South Carolina· 46th of 51

$468

CA $8,318AL $447

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.