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Check Of A Wireless Heart Pacing System

Wisconsin 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$79.43$47.86 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$47.86 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $48 to $170Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $48 to $372
$50$100$200$500facility $63professional $79

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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$194.98
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$138.04
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
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 3rd of 51

$77.62

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.