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Placing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Wisconsin 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?

$8,128

Typical facility fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,128 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,166 to $10,715.

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 $8,128 · 10th to 90th $5,012 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $59 to $1,288
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,128professional $1,288

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
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$23,988.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$22,387.21

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 12th of 50

$8,128

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.