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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

Georgia 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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$525$355 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,072 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,079Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $60 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $525

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
$575.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,413.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 45th of 51

$589

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.