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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 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 5 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$389$324 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$3,311 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $339 to $16,596Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,778
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,079professional $389

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
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$25,703.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 26th of 51

$676

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.