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Placing A Chest Breathing Sensor Electrode

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 0466T

An electrode that senses the movement of breathing is placed in the chest wall and connected to an implanted stimulator. The sensor tells the stimulator when the patient is breathing in, so stimulation can be delivered in time with each breath. It is placed in addition to the main implant operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing A Chest Breathing Sensor Electrode cost?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 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$1,905$1,905 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,096 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $4,074Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $1,905

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$616.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 1862.1 times more in Kentucky than in Idaho. 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· 14th of 40

$1,905

KY $56,234ID $30.20

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.