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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Arizona 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?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 4 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$398 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$3,162 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $7,762Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $295 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 8th of 51

$2,042

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.