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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 3 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$380$380 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$2,399 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $380 to $13,183Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $363 to $617
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $380

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
$380.19
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 31st of 51

$589

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.