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Removing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Indiana 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?

$7,943

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,943 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $10,233 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 5 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$501$468 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,233$7,244 to $16,982

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $4,677 to $18,621Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $380 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $501

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43,651.58
Median
$52,480.75
Typical High
$66,069.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,964.78

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 5th of 50

$7,943

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.