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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 July 2026.

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

$8,913

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,913 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $10,471 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$339 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,471$6,918 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $17,783Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $324 to $5,754
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $10,471professional $501

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
$3,630.78
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,413.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where California sits

The same service costs 37.2 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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· 1st of 51

$8,913

CA $8,913ND $240

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.