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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$6,918

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,918 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $16,596 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 6 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$347$347 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16,596$6,026 to $28,184

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $44,668Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,000
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $16,596professional $347

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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$58,884.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$6,918

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.