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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

Texas 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?

$5,129

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,370 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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$5,370$603 to $6,310
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,089 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,710Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $295 to $6,310
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $5,370

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,168.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
10 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
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$70.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$141.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$70.79

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 1st of 51

$5,129

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.