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Removing The Battery Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Delaware 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 October 2026.

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

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$195 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$1,288 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,074Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $195 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Colorado 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.

Delaware· 17th of 51

$1,288

CO $2,512ME $234

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.