Removal of substernal defibrillator electrode

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Original text from hospital filings

HC RMVL SUBSTERNAL IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR ELTRD

Payers reporting CPT 0573T

63 payers file a negotiated rate for this code. Each is shown once, under the terms the most hospitals file it under; rates under different terms (billing class, payment method, setting) are never blended, so open a payer to see them all. Figures are hospital-level averages; the median is across hospitals.

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1	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	375	$3,955	$5,294	$1.05 – $37,308
2	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	372	$4,057	$6,299	$1.00 – $106,946
3	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	261	$6,261	$7,127	$1.00 – $38,216
4	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	238	$3,655	$3,486	$1.10 – $10,797
5	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	168	$3,987	$7,668	$2,985 – $65,472
6	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	108	$3,645	$4,329	$3,308 – $8,529
7	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	100	$4,353	$4,785	$1.05 – $8,655
8	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	87	$3,657	$3,472	$319.95 – $28,498
9	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	67	$6,231	$7,342	$1,768 – $26,355
10	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	60	$6,680	$6,912	$3,704 – $8,767
11	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	59	$3,742	$3,765	$3,476 – $4,165
12	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	51	$3,631	$4,460	$1,786 – $13,794
13	Oscar facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	33	$5,727	$5,774	$4,173 – $7,022
14	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	30	$3,610	$3,079	$1.08 – $6,386
15	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	29	$6,297	$6,735	$3,417 – $8,840
16	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	26	$4,427	$4,851	$2,656 – $12,384
17	Bcbs La fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	25	$9,113	$8,760	$2,233 – $14,292
18	Clover facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	25	$3,963	$3,901	$3,464 – $4,286
19	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	22	$3,742	$3,750	$3,262 – $4,170
20	Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	16	$4,768	$4,869	$1,634 – $10,957
21	Regence fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	16	$6,047	$8,619	$1,821 – $22,801
22	Baylor Scott White Health Plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	15	$4,744	$4,724	$3,566 – $6,204
23	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	15	$3,753	$2,391	$340.93 – $5,998
24	Medical Mutual facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	15	$3,546	$4,446	$1,925 – $14,060
25	Bcbs Mn fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	13	$3,767	$4,978	$1,741 – $13,884

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