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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Connecticut 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?

$6,761

Typical facility fee. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,761 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,399 to $8,710.

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 $7,943 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $1,950

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
$4,897.79
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$23,442.29

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 17th of 50

$6,761

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.