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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 5 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$331 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$550 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $457 to $4,365Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $331 to $708
$500$1K$2Kfacility $3,162professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 51st of 51

$339

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.