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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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$513$324 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$5,754 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $14,454Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $324 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $513

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
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 18th of 51

$813

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.