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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 October 2026.

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

$6,607

Typical facility fee. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,607 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,820 to $18,621.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $776 to $72,444Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $794 to $813
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $6,918professional $794

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$22,387.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$29,512.09
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$38,018.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$75,857.76
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 18th of 51

$6,607

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.