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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

Tennessee 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?

$2,951

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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$724$447 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$2,291 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $9,333Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $380 to $5,370
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $724

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$11,481.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
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
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 5th of 51

$2,951

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.