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Remote Data Review Of A Breastbone-Lead Defibrillator

Pennsylvania 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $102 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$24.55$19.05 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$22.91 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $23 to $5,888Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $17 to $30
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $102professional $25

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
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$81.28
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$24.55

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.