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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 October 2026.

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

$3,548

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $741 to $7,244.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $12,589Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $447 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $589

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
$1,513.56
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 85.1 times more in Alaska 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.

Colorado· 11th of 51

$3,548

AK $8,511NC $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.