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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Oregon 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?

$17,378

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,378 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $7,943 to $20,893.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17,378 · 10th to 90th $7,943 to $29,512Professionalmedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $79 to $19,953
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $17,378professional $6,918

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
$6,918.31
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$19,952.62
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$29,512.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$64,565.42
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$58,884.37

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 2nd of 50

$17,378

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.