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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

California 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 October 2026.

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

$3,388

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,318$1,288 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$3,631 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $832 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,344
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $1,318

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
$2,951.21
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,623.41
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
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
$645.65
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$30,199.52

Where California sits

The same service costs 208.9 times more in Arkansas 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· 36th of 51

$3,388

AR $20,893NC $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.