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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$562$417 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,548 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,511Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $355 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $562

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
$1,047.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$5,128.61
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$30,902.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 32nd 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.