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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Pennsylvania 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 July 2026.

How much does Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System cost?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$44.67$36.31 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$42.66 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $43 to $85Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $31 to $51
$50$100facility $43professional $45

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$257.04
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$81.28

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Kansas. 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.

Pennsylvania· 44th of 51

$44.67

WI $69.18KS $30.20

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.