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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Georgia 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?

$3,548

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $891 to $5,888.

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 $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $9,550Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,549
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $891

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
$3,162.28
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$21,877.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,498.45

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 37th of 50

$3,548

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.