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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Michigan 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?

$11,482

Typical facility fee. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,482 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,898 to $18,621.

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 $4,898 · 10th to 90th $4,074 to $16,982Professionalmedian $18,621 · 10th to 90th $11,482 to $18,621
$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,898professional $18,621

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
$4,073.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$18,620.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$38,904.51

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 6th of 50

$11,482

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.