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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Minnesota 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?

$42,658

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42,658 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $13,183 to $72,444.

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 $50,119 · 10th to 90th $10,471 to $97,724Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $2,818
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $50,119professional $1,820

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,302.68
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$151,356.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$54,954.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$50,118.72

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 50

$42,658

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.