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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Nebraska 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?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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 6 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$589$380 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$5,754 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $14,454Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,000
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $7,943professional $589

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
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Nebraska $955 · 17th of 51
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.