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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Virginia 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 7 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$45.71$42.66 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$33.11 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $25 to $91Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $34 to $62
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $45professional $46

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
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$67.61
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$104.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$100.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$85.11

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 36th of 51

$45.71

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.