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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $7,413 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$331 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,413$4,467 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $468 to $12,882Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $331 to $537
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 41st of 51

$389

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.