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Removing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Kentucky 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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$447$407 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$851 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,511Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,495professional $447

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
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$56,234.13
Typical High
$83,176.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74,131.02
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$104,712.85
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 50

$479

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.