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Implanting A Heart Ischemia Monitoring System

Tennessee 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?

$4,074

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $8,128 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$589 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,128$3,890 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $17,783Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,802
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,128professional $891

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
$2,344.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$32,359.37
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 9th of 51

$4,074

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.