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Removing A Chest Breathing Sensor Electrode

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 0468T

An electrode in the chest wall that senses breathing for an implanted stimulator is disconnected and taken out. The rest of the implanted system is not necessarily removed with it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing A Chest Breathing Sensor Electrode cost?

$4,898

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,898 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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 17 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$380$380 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$3,890 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $13,490Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $339 to $661
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $380

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$50.12

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 269.2 times more in Colorado 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.

Touch or drag across the chart to see any state's rate.

CO $8,128ID $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.