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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Alaska rates for HCPCS 0574T

Surgery to move a defibrillator wire that runs behind the breastbone into a better position. The wire already in place is freed, resited and secured again, and the battery-and-electronics unit it connects to is not exchanged.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone cost?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$525$257 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$389 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $295 to $12,882Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $257 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $537professional $525

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
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 33rd of 51

$525

CO $6,918KY $380

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.