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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Washington 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?

$13,183

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,183 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $13,183 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,950$871 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13,183$7,943 to $20,893

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,183 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $64,565Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $813 to $28,184
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $13,183professional $1,950

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
$1,737.80
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$28,183.83
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66,069.34
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$74,131.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$29,512.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57,543.99
Median
$64,565.42
Typical High
$74,131.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,952.62
Median
$60,255.96
Typical High
$114,815.36
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 4th of 50

$13,183

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.