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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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$331$295 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,202 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,244Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $295 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $331

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 13th of 51

$1,380

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.