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Implanting The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0517T

Placement of the battery and transmitter unit of a wireless system that paces the heart's main pumping chamber. The unit sits under the skin of the chest and sends energy to a tiny receiver already inside the heart, so no wire has to run from the unit into the heart. Imaging guidance and testing of the device are included.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Implanting The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer cost?

$4,677

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $347 to $12,023.

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 $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $12,023Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $288 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $12,023professional $316

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 15.8 times more in Arkansas than in Maine. 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.

Alabama· 3rd of 51

$4,677

AR $6,918ME $437

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.