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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

South Dakota 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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 5 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$891$589 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$851 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $240 to $4,365Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $891

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 34th of 51

$933

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.