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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Ohio 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$417$389 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,122 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $646 to $11,482Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,023
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $417

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
$2,344.23
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 43rd of 51

$562

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.