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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

Massachusetts 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?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,318$646 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,148 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $389 to $5,248
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,188professional $1,318

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,000.00
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,511.89
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$1,445

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.