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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Missouri 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$52.48$48.98 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$45.71 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $40 to $240Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $38 to $389
$20$50$100$200facility $74professional $52

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
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
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
$15.85
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.30

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 26th of 51

$52.48

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.