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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 July 2026.

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

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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$457$380 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$1,259 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $759 to $9,333Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,344professional $457

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
$630.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,456.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$891.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 15th of 51

$1,230

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.