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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Kentucky 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?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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$955$912 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$851 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $617 to $16,596Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,549
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,888professional $955

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
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$56,234.13
Typical High
$83,176.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74,131.02
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$104,712.85
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$16,595.87

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 50

$977

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.