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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

Virginia 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?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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 7 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$741$355 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$3,236 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,965Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $355 to $7,079
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $741

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
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$6,760.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$60.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 14th of 51

$1,549

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.