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Removing The Battery Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 0518T

Taking out just the battery unit of a wireless heart pacing system from its pocket under the skin, without putting a new one in its place. The transmitter that sends the signal and the receiver sitting inside the heart both stay where they are.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing The Battery Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System cost?

$1,230

Typical facility fee. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $224 to $2,455.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $5,248Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $141 to $380
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,995professional $224

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
$141.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 35.5 times more in California than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Arkansas $1,230 · 14th of 51
CA $5,754ND $162

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.