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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $33,884 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 5 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$331$234 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33,884$11,220 to $43,652

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33,884 · 10th to 90th $4,786 to $50,119Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $224 to $501
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $33,884professional $331

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
$1,122.02
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$36,307.81
Typical High
$52,480.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$43,651.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 16th of 51

$1,122

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.