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Moving A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Texas 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?

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$363 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,905 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,318Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $363 to $5,370
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $363

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,302.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,302.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 19th of 51

$2,754

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.