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In-Person Read-Out Of A Diaphragm Stimulator

Ohio rates for HCPCS 0685T

An in-person session in which the information stored in an implanted diaphragm stimulation system — a therapy that stimulates that muscle to improve the pumping of a failing heart — is read out, reviewed and reported, for example the state of the battery, how the leads are performing, and how the system has been running. The system is reached wirelessly through the skin and its settings are not changed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does In-Person Read-Out Of A Diaphragm Stimulator cost?

$85.11

Typical physician fee. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $69.18 to $100.

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 $30 · 10th to 90th $28 to $126Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $69 to $132
$100$1K$10Kfacility $30professional $85

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41,686.94
Median
$41,686.94
Typical High
$63,095.73
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75,857.76
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$75,857.76
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$89.13

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 123026.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Louisiana. 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.

Ohio· 16th of 43

$85.11

WI $2,455LA $0.02

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.