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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 October 2026.

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

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$813$575 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,622 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $8,318Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $813

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$1,175

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.