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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 October 2026.

How much does Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System cost?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 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 $47.86 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$45.71$40.74 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$31.62 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $24 to $214Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $32 to $72
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $48professional $46

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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$69.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$37.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$4,570.88
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$89.13
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$47.86
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$40.74

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$45.71

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.