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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Rhode Island 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?

$6,310

Typical facility fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,310 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,715 to $16,596.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $33,113Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $0

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$33,113.11

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 19th of 50

$6,310

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.