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Removing A Chest Breathing Sensor Electrode

Wisconsin 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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 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$562$468 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$1,023 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $912 to $20,893Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $380 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,549professional $562

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
$912.01
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
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 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.

Wisconsin· 28th of 41

$646

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.