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Moving A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Colorado rates for HCPCS 0681T

Surgery to move the battery-and-electronics unit of a diaphragm stimulation system — a therapy that stimulates that muscle to improve the pumping of a failing heart — from its existing pocket under the skin into a new one. The unit is disconnected as needed, a new pocket is made, and the unit is reconnected to the leads already on the muscle.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$6,457

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,266 to $10,000.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $13,804Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $398 to $6,607
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $6,918professional $617

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
$1,737.80
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,848.93

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 120.2 times more in Alaska than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Colorado $6,457 · 8th of 50
AK $9,550MT $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.