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Extra Lead Placed On The Diaphragm

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 0676T

Placement of a further stimulation lead on the diaphragm during the same keyhole abdominal operation, when more than one lead is needed. Each extra lead is anchored to the muscle and connected into the system, which stimulates the diaphragm to improve the pumping of a failing heart, and it is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extra Lead Placed On The Diaphragm cost?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 26 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$692$437 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,188 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $14,125Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $151 to $6,026
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $4,898professional $692

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,715.35

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 114.8 times more in California than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

CA $9,120MT $79.43

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.