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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Mississippi 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$427$372 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,202 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,623Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $372 to $813
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $427

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
$371.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 26th of 51

$813

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.