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Repositioning A Defibrillator Wire Behind The Breastbone

West Virginia 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 3 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$457$398 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$417 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,738Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $398 to $537
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $417professional $457

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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 39th of 51

$447

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.