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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Montana 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $724 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 5 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$708$447 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$708 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $708 to $741Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $447 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $724professional $708

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
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$741.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 29th of 51

$708

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.