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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 July 2026.

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

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$427$380 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$1,995 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $11,749Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,000
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,248professional $427

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,897.79
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$426.58

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Florida $776 · 22nd of 51
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.