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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Michigan 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$447 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,951 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,943Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $316 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $575

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
$309.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$708

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.