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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Rhode Island 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 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 $51.29 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$44.67$44.67 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$37.15 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $23 to $69Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $43 to $69
$50$100facility $51professional $45

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 42nd of 51

$44.67

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.