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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 October 2026.

How much does Moving A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit cost?

$2,188

Typical facility fee. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,349 to $4,365.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $724 to $13,490Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $363 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,239professional $363

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$13,489.63
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 26th of 51

$2,188

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.