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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Tennessee 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?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$589$389 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,413 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $912 to $6,026Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,236
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $589

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
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 5th of 51

$1,738

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.