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Removing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 0682T

Opening the pocket under the skin, disconnecting the battery-and-electronics unit of a diaphragm stimulation system from its leads, and taking the unit out. The system stimulates the diaphragm to improve the pumping of a failing heart. The leads on the diaphragm are handled separately if they are also coming out.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$5,248

Typical facility fee. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,248 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $912 to $7,762.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $3,890 to $11,749Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $302 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $724

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
$3,890.45
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 120.2 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Connecticut· 13th of 50

$5,248

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.