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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$1,862

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $407 to $3,631.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,607Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $309 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $355

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
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$1,862

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.