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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Louisiana 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?

$3,981

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,660 to $9,333.

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 $4,074 · 10th to 90th $851 to $21,878Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $5,623
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,074professional $3,311

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$24,547.09

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$3,981

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.