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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 October 2026.

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

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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$479$407 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,514 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,244Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,020
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 9th of 51

$1,479

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.