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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Florida 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?

$9,772

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,772 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $10,233 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$794$794 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,233$3,311 to $19,953

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,691,535Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $794 to $794
$1K$10K$100K$1M$10Mfacility $10,233professional $794

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
$707.95
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,022.64
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$19,952.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,754.23
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$1,513,561.25
Typical High
$6,606,934.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 6th of 51

$9,772

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.