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Moving A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Virginia 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?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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 4 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$537$398 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$3,467 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $10,965Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $339 to $6,918
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $5,888professional $537

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
$2,754.23
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$17,782.79

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $3,236 · 28th 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.