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Remote Data Review Of A Breastbone-Lead Defibrillator

Massachusetts 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 7 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$28.84$25.70 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$54.95 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $28 to $4,677Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $24 to $66
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $29

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
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.90
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 12th of 51

$29.51

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.