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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

New Hampshire 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?

$2,138

Typical facility fee. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,585 to $3,631.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $813 to $3,236
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $1,660

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,964.78
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 40th of 51

$2,138

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.