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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Kentucky 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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$38.90$38.90 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$39.81 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $38 to $955Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $33 to $62
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $48professional $39

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
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
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
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.00

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$38.90

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.