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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Illinois 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?

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$380 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$1,950 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,318Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $257 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $501

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
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$891.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 17th of 51

$1,023

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.