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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Nebraska 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?

$9,772

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,772 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,457 to $14,454.

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 $9,772 · 10th to 90th $6,166 to $22,387Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $9,772
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,772professional $1,514

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$38,018.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$35,481.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$29,512.09

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 50

$9,772

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.