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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Connecticut 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$427$331 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$3,162 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $24,547Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $331 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $427

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$28,183.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 47th of 51

$525

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.