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Implanting A Heart Ischemia Monitoring System

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Implanting A Heart Ischemia Monitoring System cost?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $8,710 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 5 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$575$457 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,710$1,023 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $457 to $20,417Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,710professional $575

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
$457.09
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$33,113.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83,176.38
Median
$83,176.38
Typical High
$83,176.38
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$676

CO $8,511ND $407

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.