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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 6 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$339$324 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$2,951 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $8,318Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $275 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $339

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
$1,023.29
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,715.35
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 20th of 51

$724

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.