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Moving A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Florida 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?

$4,571

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,571 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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$1,230$776 to $8,511
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$1,778 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $871 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $550 to $12,303
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,786professional $1,230

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
$870.96
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$11,220.18
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,882.50
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where Florida 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.

Florida $4,571 · 16th 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.