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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Louisiana 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?

$1,862

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $646 to $5,370.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $912 to $9,550Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $389 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $447

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
$524.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 4th of 51

$1,862

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.