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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 October 2026.

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

$891

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $794 to $3,631.

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 $3,020 · 10th to 90th $617 to $9,772Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $708 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$3,801.89
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 48th of 51

$891

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.