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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Maine 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?

$513

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $407 to $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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $407 to $813
$500$1Kprofessional $513

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 36th of 51

$513

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.