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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$398$355 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,630 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $10,471Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $398

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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54,954.09
Median
$54,954.09
Typical High
$57,543.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 10th of 51

$1,950

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.