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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$309 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,089 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $6,607Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $234 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $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
$891.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 21st of 51

$708

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.