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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

California 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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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?

$8,318

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $9,333 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 7 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$398$347 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,333$6,457 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $17,783Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $324 to $5,012
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,333professional $398

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
$2,951.21
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,011.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where California 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.

California· 1st of 51

$8,318

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.