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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Florida 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?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$427$363 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$776 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $589 to $5,129Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $302 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $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
$630.96
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,862.09
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 20th of 51

$891

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.