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Moving A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Michigan 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?

$3,311

Typical facility fee. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,884 to $4,898.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $6,918Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $3,311
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,898professional $3,311

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan $3,311 · 27th 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.