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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

New Jersey 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?

$8,511

Typical facility fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,511 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,310 to $10,233.

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 $8,128 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $17,378Professionalmedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $5,888 to $11,749
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,128professional $8,511

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
$4,466.84
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$33,113.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41,686.94
Median
$72,443.60
Typical High
$102,329.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$29,512.09

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 10th of 50

$8,511

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.