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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

California 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?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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 7 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$457$407 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$3,981 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $14,125Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $372 to $5,012
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $457

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
$2,951.21
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,011.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where California 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.

California· 2nd of 51

$5,495

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.