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Removing A Defibrillator Lead Behind The Breastbone

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 The wire is freed from the tissue around it and withdrawn; this covers the wire only.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

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $10,233 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 9 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$407$372 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,233$3,388 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $575 to $20,417Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $309 to $871
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $10,233professional $407

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
$371.54
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$21,379.62
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$26,302.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$21,379.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 24th of 51

$676

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.