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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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$407$339 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$617 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $269 to $8,511Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $269 to $562
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,630professional $407

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
$269.15
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$46,773.51
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 39th of 51

$407

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.