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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 October 2026.

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

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$437 to $2,344
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,318 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $708 to $11,749Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,236
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $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
$2,238.72
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,623.41
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,235.94
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where California 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.

California· 11th of 51

$1,288

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.