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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0521T

An in-office check of an implanted wireless system that paces the heart's main pumping chamber. The clinician connects to the device, records how it has been working, disconnects, and issues a review and report.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System cost?

$45.71

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $43.65 to $45.71.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $56 to $56Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $35 to $48
$20$50facility $56professional $46

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.18

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Nebraska than in Arkansas. 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.

Alabama· 38th of 51

$45.71

NE $105AR $25.12

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.