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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $676 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 7 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$407$407 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$646 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $468 to $13,183Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $331 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $676professional $407

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
$6,918.31
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$724.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$15,488.17
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 25th of 51

$676

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.