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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 October 2026.

How much does Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer cost?

$1,549

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $5,754 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$603$389 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,754$2,188 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $832 to $11,482Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $347 to $5,370
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $603

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
$870.96
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$676.08
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
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
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$87.10

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 16th of 51

$1,549

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.