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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 July 2026.

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

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$372 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$851 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,888Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $363 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $372

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
$371.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 41st of 51

$437

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.