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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$437

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $355 to $537.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $347 to $676
$500$1Kprofessional $437

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$676.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 37th of 51

$437

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.