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Remote Data Review Of A Breastbone-Lead Defibrillator

Montana 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$32.36$20.89 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$25.70 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $22 to $47Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $21 to $46
$20$50$100facility $45professional $32

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
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$40.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$46.77
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$46.77
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$48.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$45.71

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 2nd of 51

$38.90

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.