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Replacing The Battery Of A Wireless Pacing System

South 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $12,023 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$490$490 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,023$2,570 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $490 to $28,840Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $468 to $537
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $12,023professional $490

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
$489.78
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$77,624.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 46th of 51

$513

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.