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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Iowa 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 Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 6 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 $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,548 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $646 to $9,772Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 23rd of 51

$776

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.