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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 0680T

Setting the battery-and-electronics unit of a diaphragm stimulation system into a pocket under the skin and connecting it to leads already attached to the muscle; the system stimulates the diaphragm to improve the pumping of a failing heart. The same service covers exchanging a unit that is already in place for a new one. The leads themselves are not disturbed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit cost?

$1,995

Typical facility fee. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,479 to $22,387.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $1,479

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$30,902.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$33,884.42

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 537.0 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.

Arkansas· 43rd of 50

$1,995

MN $42,658MT $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.