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Implanting A Heart Ischemia Monitoring System

South 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $12,882 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 6 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$437$407 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,882$3,311 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,882 · 10th to 90th $407 to $22,909Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $407 to $589
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $12,882professional $437

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
$407.38
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$23,442.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$47,863.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 48th of 51

$457

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.