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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Arizona 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?

$3,890

Typical facility fee. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,455 to $6,457.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $8,913Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,786
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $2,239

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 32nd of 50

$3,890

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.