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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

South Dakota 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $54.95 to $87.10.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $66 to $87Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $48 to $389
$50$100$200facility $87professional $71

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
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$194.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$53.70
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
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 4th of 51

$74.13

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.