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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

South Dakota 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 5 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$389 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$646 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,365Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $389 to $832
$500$1K$2Kfacility $3,162professional $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. 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
$281.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 49th of 51

$398

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.