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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

Connecticut 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$57.54 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$3,631 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $933 to $12,303Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $56 to $832
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $6,761professional $155

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$13,182.57
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 49th of 51

$407

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.