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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 July 2026.

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

$1,862

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $468 to $3,631.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,607Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $372 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $417

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
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$1,862

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.