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Replacing The Battery Of A Wireless Pacing System

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 0520T

Taking the battery of a wireless heart pacing system out of its pocket under the skin and fitting a new one in its place. The transmitter that sends energy across to the receiver inside the heart is left in place, and the receiver in the heart is not touched.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Replacing The Battery Of A Wireless Pacing System cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 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 5 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$513$513 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$1,000 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $513 to $42,658Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,514
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $7,762professional $513

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
$512.86
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$89,125.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57,543.99
Median
$57,543.99
Typical High
$57,543.99
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 25.7 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.

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$603

CA $9,120ND $355

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.