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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

Wisconsin 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?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $16,982 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 10 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$776$437 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16,982$13,183 to $20,893

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,982 · 10th to 90th $8,128 to $28,840Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,905
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $16,982professional $776

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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$30,199.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$9,120.11
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,630.27
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Wisconsin $2,399 · 6th of 51
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.