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Implanting A Heart Ischemia Monitoring System

Louisiana 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?

$6,166

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,072 to $12,589.

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 $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $22,909Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $661

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
$691.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$63.10

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 5th of 51

$6,166

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.