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Remote Data Review Of A Breastbone-Lead Defibrillator

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0579T

Transmissions from an implanted defibrillator whose wire runs in the space behind the breastbone are received and stored over a period of monitoring, and technical staff review and analyze them and produce a report. The patient does not need to attend in person.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Remote Data Review Of A Breastbone-Lead Defibrillator cost?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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 5 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$23.44$20.89 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$60.26 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $54 to $3,236Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $18 to $28
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $78professional $23

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.90

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Oklahoma than in West Virginia. 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$23.99

OK $63.10WV $23.44

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.