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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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$389$324 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$1,259 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $759 to $9,333Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,778
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,344professional $389

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
$630.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,456.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 14th of 51

$1,230

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.