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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Connecticut 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $46.77 to $56.23.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $76 to $234Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $40 to $76
$50$100$200facility $148professional $52

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$70.79
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11
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
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 25th of 51

$53.70

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.