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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Tennessee 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $54.95 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$54.95$43.65 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$977 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,089Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $36 to $457
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $55

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$257.04
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$40.74
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
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 19th of 51

$57.54

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.