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Moving A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Minnesota 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?

$8,128

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,128 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,571 to $12,303.

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 $8,128 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $2,818
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,128professional $1,549

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$24,547.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 120.2 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 50

$8,128

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.