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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

North Carolina 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?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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$759$537 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$1,862 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $851 to $12,303Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $759

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
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$12,302.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
6 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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$72.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$776.25

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$912

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.