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Moving A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Kentucky 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$380 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$851 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $724 to $7,244Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $513
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $447

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
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70,794.58
Median
$70,794.58
Typical High
$70,794.58
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74,131.02
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$74,131.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$447

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.