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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

Colorado 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?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$661 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$3,715 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,698
$200$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $6,761professional $1,000

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
$1,995.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$22,387.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$8,511.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 7th of 51

$2,818

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.