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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$447$427 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,512 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $6,457Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $447

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$692

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.