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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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$355$339 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$3,981 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $13,804Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $309 to $575
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $355

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
$2,041.74
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 8th of 51

$2,239

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.