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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Texas 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?

$2,951

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$2,951$427 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,905 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $794 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,236
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $2,951

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
$977.24
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,479.11
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 1st of 51

$2,951

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.