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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $339 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 4 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$661$347 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$245 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $245 to $8,511Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $245 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $339professional $661

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
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 27th of 51

$661

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.