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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Utah 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?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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$468$407 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$3,162 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $407 to $8,913Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $407 to $741
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $6,026professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 13th of 51

$1,175

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.