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Moving A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Georgia 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?

$3,162

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $407 to $5,495.

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 $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $8,913Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $347 to $692
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,571professional $398

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
$2,290.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia $3,162 · 32nd 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.