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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

New Jersey 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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$447$389 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$6,026 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $11,749Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $331 to $6,761
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $447

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
$4,466.84
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$8,912.51
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$16,982.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 31st of 51

$646

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.