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Repositioning An Extra Diaphragm Lead

Virginia rates for HCPCS 0678T

Moving a further stimulation lead on the diaphragm during the same keyhole abdominal operation in which another lead is repositioned. The additional lead is freed, resited on the muscle and secured again, and it is billed in addition to the main procedure. The system stimulates the diaphragm to improve the pumping of a failing heart.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repositioning An Extra Diaphragm Lead cost?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$105$77.62 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$1,995 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,913Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $66 to $5,623
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $105

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
$1,230.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 97.7 times more in Indiana than in Montana. 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.

Virginia· 30th of 50

$2,042

IN $7,762MT $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.