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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Indiana 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?

$9,333

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,333 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $11,749 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,349$1,148 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,749$7,943 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,749 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $18,621Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,089
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,749professional $1,349

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
$1,122.02
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43,651.58
Median
$52,480.75
Typical High
$66,069.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$24,547.09

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 8th of 50

$9,333

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.