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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

New Mexico 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $7,413 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$417$407 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,413$1,549 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $794 to $10,471Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $407 to $589
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $417

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 43rd of 51

$427

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.