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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$347$302 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,818 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $8,511Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $295 to $562
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $347

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
$2,089.30
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 35th of 51

$457

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.