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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 July 2026.

How much does Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone cost?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$372$363 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,089 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $6,607Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $257 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $372

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
$891.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 26th of 51

$759

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.