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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

California 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$56.23$44.67 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$36.31 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $29 to $74Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $41 to $380
$20$50$100$200$500facility $45professional $56

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
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.90
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$50.12
2 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
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.12

Where California 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.

California· 21st of 51

$56.23

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.