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Moving A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Washington 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?

$7,943

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,943 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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$1,950$389 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$3,981 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $18,621Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $389 to $28,184
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $7,943professional $1,950

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
$1,737.80
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$28,183.83
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$20,892.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where Washington 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.

Washington $7,943 · 4th 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.