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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

New Jersey 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?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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$398$347 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$2,399 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $11,482Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,890professional $398

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
$4,466.84
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,748.98
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,047.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$38,904.51
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$61.66

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 32nd of 51

$955

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.