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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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$398$355 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,388 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $398 to $14,791Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $309 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $398

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
$398.11
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$5,248.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$457

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.