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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Massachusetts 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?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$776$525 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,585 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,310Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,754
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $776

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
$2,089.30
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$1,122

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.