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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

How much does Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer cost?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$977$794 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$2,512 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $35,481Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,230
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$74,131.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$25,118.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 37.2 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

Minnesota· 30th of 51

$977

CA $8,913ND $240

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.