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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Georgia 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?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 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 4 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$398$380 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$3,981 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $13,804Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $363 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $398

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
$2,041.74
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 7th of 51

$2,239

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.