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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Minnesota 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$60.26$53.70 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$50.12 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $50 to $219Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $48 to $100
$50$100$200$500facility $76professional $60

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
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$43.65
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$181.97
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$245.47
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$74.13
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 17th of 51

$60.26

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.