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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

New York 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?

$3,548

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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 8 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$363 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$4,169 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $12,589Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $295 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$12,302.69
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96

Where New York 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 York· 3rd of 51

$3,548

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.