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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Texas 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?

$3,715

Typical physician fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,188 to $6,457.

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 $3,715 · 10th to 90th $977 to $13,490Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $794 to $12,589
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $3,020

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
$954.99
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$12,302.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43,651.58
Median
$43,651.58
Typical High
$43,651.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$22,387.21
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 34th of 50

$3,715

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.