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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

New York 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$33.88$30.20 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$46.77 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $34 to $145Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $28 to $52
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $55professional $34

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
$33.88
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.88
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$123.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$40.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$53.70
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.90
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$79.43
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$44.67
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
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00

Where New York 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 York· 50th of 51

$33.88

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.