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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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 8 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$363$309 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$4,169 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $12,589Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $257 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $363

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
$1,621.81
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$645.65
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$37,153.52
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,047.13
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$794.33

Where New York 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 York· 3rd of 51

$3,467

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.