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Removing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

New Jersey 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?

$6,457

Typical facility fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,370 to $8,511.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $12,303Professionalmedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $11,749
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $6,026

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$33,113.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,791.08

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 9th of 50

$6,457

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.