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Placing A Chest Breathing Sensor Electrode

Wisconsin 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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$741$617 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$1,288 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $17,783Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,380professional $741

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 27th of 40

$832

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.