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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

Arizona rates for HCPCS 0573T

Taking out a defibrillator wire that runs in the space just behind the breastbone. The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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$372$347 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$3,162 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $7,762Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $269 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $372

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 24.5 times more in California than in South 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.

Arizona· 9th of 51

$2,042

CA $8,318SD $339

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.