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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Indiana 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?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $33,884 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 5 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$372$275 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33,884$11,220 to $43,652

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33,884 · 10th to 90th $4,786 to $50,119Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $257 to $575
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $33,884professional $372

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
$1,122.02
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$36,307.81
Typical High
$52,480.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$43,651.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 16th of 51

$1,122

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.