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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 October 2026.

How much does Implanting A Heart Ischemia Monitoring System cost?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$550$407 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$2,138 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $22,387Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $30 to $1,175
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $550

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
$407.38
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$22,908.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$33,884.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$45.71

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 19th of 51

$2,239

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.