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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

North Dakota 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?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $398 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$776$398 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$282 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $282 to $8,511Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $398professional $776

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
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 25th of 51

$759

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.