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Replacing The Power Unit Of A Wireless Heart Pacer

Washington 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 Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,096$603 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$1,698 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $832 to $38,905Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,888
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $1,096

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
$602.56
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$61,659.50
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,302.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,302.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,495.41
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$58,884.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$40,738.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,570.40
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$61.66

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 15th 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.