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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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$389$331 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$6,026 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $11,749Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $288 to $6,761
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $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
$4,466.84
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$8,912.51
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$18,620.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 32nd of 51

$550

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.