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Removing The Lead Of A Heart Ischemia Monitor

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 0531T

Takes out only the wire electrode that runs through a vein into the heart as part of an implanted system that watches for electrical signs of reduced blood flow to the heart muscle. The wire is withdrawn back along the vein it was placed through rather than by opening the chest, and the recording unit under the skin is left where it is. Imaging is used during the removal to follow the wire.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing The Lead Of A Heart Ischemia Monitor cost?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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$490$457 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$2,951 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $8,318Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $398 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $490

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
$1,023.29
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in California 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.

Pennsylvania· 29th of 51

$832

CA $6,761ND $355

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.