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Removing A Diaphragm Stimulator's Battery Unit

Washington 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 Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,943 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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 7 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$1,950$331 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$3,981 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $18,621Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $331 to $28,184
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,943professional $1,950

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$28,183.83
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$20,892.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 6th 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.