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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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$363$347 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,995 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,715Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $363

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
$812.83
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,549.93
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 6th of 51

$2,399

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.