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Extra Lead Placed On The Diaphragm

California 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 October 2026.

How much does Extra Lead Placed On The Diaphragm cost?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$724$724 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$741 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $151 to $12,023Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,318
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $724

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$20,892.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,623.41
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where California sits

The same service costs 55.0 times more in Alabama than in North Carolina. 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.

California· 14th of 51

$977

AL $5,495NC $100

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.