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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$339$324 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,548 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $603 to $9,772Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $324 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $339

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
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 23rd of 51

$692

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.