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Moving A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

New York 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?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,820 to $7,413.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $11,482Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,514
$500.0$2.0K$10.0K$50.0Kfacility $5,129professional $437

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
$1,905.46
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29

Where New York 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.

New York $4,365 · 17th 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.