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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$372$339 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$1,995 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $11,749Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,698.24
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 19th of 51

$776

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.