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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Kansas 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$407$355 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,818 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $8,511Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $347 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $407

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
$2,089.30
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 34th of 51

$525

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.