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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Nebraska 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$105$63.10 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$74.13 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $39 to $204Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $45 to $389
$50$100$200facility $93professional $105

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
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$194.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$57.54
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
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 1st of 51

$105

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.