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Removing The Battery Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Maryland 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?

$955

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $309 to $2,188.

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 $2,089 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,631Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $224 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $257

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$645.65
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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.70

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 20th of 51

$955

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.