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Removal Of Diaphragm Stimulation Leads

California rates for HCPCS 0679T

Surgery through small cuts in the abdomen to detach and take out one or more stimulation leads from the diaphragm, part of a system that stimulates that muscle to improve the pumping of a failing heart. The leads are freed from the muscle and the tissue that has grown around them, withdrawn, and the cuts are closed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Diaphragm Stimulation Leads cost?

$7,413

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $7,413 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 6 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$617$372 to $5,248
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,413$5,012 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $15,849Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $316 to $14,125
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $617

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
$2,511.89
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,570.40
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,413.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$28,840.32

Where California sits

The same service costs 263.0 times more in Minnesota 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.

California· 7th of 50

$7,413

MN $20,893MT $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.