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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

California rates for HCPCS 0519T

Removing the battery and transmitter unit of a wireless heart pacing system from its pocket under the skin of the chest and putting a new one in its place. The receiver inside the heart stays where it is.

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$407$339 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$2,570 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $912 to $15,136Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $324 to $6,310
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $407

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
$2,238.72
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$20,892.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,309.57
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$50.12

Where California sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in Texas 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.

California· 9th of 51

$2,291

TX $5,129ME $347

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.