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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 July 2026.

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

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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 5 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$447$427 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$851 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,511Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,549
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $5,495professional $447

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
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$56,234.13
Typical High
$83,176.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74,131.02
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$104,712.85
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky $457 · 47th 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.