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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

North Carolina 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $41.69 to $47.86.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $46 to $95Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $31 to $71
$50$100facility $46professional $43

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
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$58.88
10 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
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$120.23

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 45th of 51

$42.66

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.