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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 October 2026.

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

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $8,318 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$331 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,318$2,239 to $25,704

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $977 to $43,652Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $275 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,318professional $372

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
$275.42
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$45,708.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 44th of 51

$562

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.