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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Ohio 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $47.86 to $52.48.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $50 to $89Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $36 to $69
$50$100facility $50professional $48

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
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$257.04
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
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
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 32nd of 51

$47.86

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.