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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

New York 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$355$309 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,239 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $11,220Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $295 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $355

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
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$389.05
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,135.61
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,801.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,137.96
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$47.86

Where New York 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 York· 50th of 51

$389

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.