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Moving A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Ohio 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?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 7 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$617$457 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,951 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $12,589Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $407 to $9,120
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,365professional $617

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
$2,238.72
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41,686.94
Median
$41,686.94
Typical High
$63,095.73
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75,857.76
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$75,857.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,317.64

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio $3,162 · 30th 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.