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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

Illinois 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?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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$631$501 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$2,399 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $14,125Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,622
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $631

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
$758.58
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$11,748.98
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 21st of 51

$1,413

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.