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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Washington 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$550 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$955 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $708 to $15,136Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,951
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,455professional $575

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
$407.38
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$22,387.21
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$831.76
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$575.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$21,877.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 25th of 51

$832

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.