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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

South Carolina 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$46.77$40.74 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$22.39 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $22 to $148Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $35 to $62
$50$100facility $47professional $47

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
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$56.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$39.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$36.31
1 more rate 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$46.77

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.