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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 October 2026.

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

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,698$1,072 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$2,570 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $525 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,511professional $1,698

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$14,125.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Texas 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· 7th of 51

$1,698

TX $2,951KY $355

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.