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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Pennsylvania 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 6 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$398$380 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$2,951 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $8,318Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $324 to $562
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $398

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
$1,023.29
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$537.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 21st of 51

$776

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.