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Replacing The Battery Of A Wireless Pacing System

Texas 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 October 2026.

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

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,388 from a physician practice, and about $9,772 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$3,388$525 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,772$3,715 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $38,019Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,802
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $9,772professional $3,388

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,168.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$12,882.50
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$64,565.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
10 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
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$83.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 24.0 times more in Arkansas than in New York. 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.

Texas· 10th of 51

$3,802

AR $10,000NY $417

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.