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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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$692$457 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,047 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $513 to $11,482Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $692

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
$407.38
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$147.91

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 27th 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.