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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Washington, DC 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?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 to $63.10.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $55 to $55Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $41 to $120
$50$100facility $55professional $55

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$89.13

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 23rd of 51

$54.95

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.