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Implanting A Heart Ischemia Monitoring System

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0525T

A monitoring system is implanted to watch continuously for electrical signs that the heart muscle is not getting enough blood. A lead is placed into the heart through a vein and connected to a small monitor implanted under the skin of the chest, which alerts the patient when it detects a significant change. The complete system is placed or replaced in this procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Implanting A Heart Ischemia Monitoring System cost?

$4,677

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $631 to $12,023.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $12,023Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $380 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,023professional $513

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
$954.99
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
5 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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 27.5 times more in Oklahoma than in New York. 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.

Alabama· 7th of 51

$4,677

OK $14,454NY $525

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.