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Moving A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Louisiana 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?

$1,820

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,072 to $3,715.

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 $1,778 · 10th to 90th $676 to $7,413Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $3,890
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $3,311

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$1,820

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.