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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 October 2026.

How much does Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit cost?

$4,677

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$794$794 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$2,884 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $15,849Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,026
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $794

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,882.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19,952.62
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$19,952.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$14,791.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,379.62
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 28th of 51

$4,677

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.