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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 July 2026.

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

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 8 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$50.12$44.67 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$44.67 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $37 to $135Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $37 to $100
$50$100$200$500facility $60professional $50

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
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$93.33
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$79.43
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$75.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$91.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$107.15

Where California sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Kansas. 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· 12th of 51

$51.29

WI $69.18KS $30.20

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.