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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Illinois 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$47.86$29.51 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$38.90 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $36 to $69Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $30 to $78
$50$100facility $42professional $48

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
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$67.61
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$50.12
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$43.65
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
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.33

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 35th of 51

$46.77

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.