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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Iowa 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 6 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$46.77$45.71 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$45.71 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $42 to $85Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $44 to $93
$50$100$200facility $51professional $47

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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$75.86
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$389.05
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$117.49

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 24th of 51

$46.77

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.