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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

New Jersey 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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$48.98$43.65 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$64.57 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $50 to $126Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $43 to $74
$50$100facility $89professional $49

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
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$37.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$54.95
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
$23.44
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 31st of 51

$48.98

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.