0804T CPT® code: payer coverage and prior authorization

Payer policies and prior authorization for 0804T

1 of 1 payer prior-auth lists that name 0804T require prior authorization or set conditions: HealthSpring.

PayerPlanStatePrior authConditionsSinceSource
HealthSpringMedicare AdvantageAllprior auth requiredAug 1, 20262026 Q4 Prior Authorization List

Payer coverage policies that name 0804T

0804T appears in 10 coverage policies from Aetna, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi, Blue Cross NC, Blue Shield of California, Capital Blue Cross, Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT), Regence, UnitedHealthcare.

PayerPolicyRole in policyReviewedDocument
AetnaLeadless Cardiac Pacemaker (0893)covered if criteria are metDec 22, 2025payer document
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of MississippiLeadless Cardiac Pacemakerslisted, no stancepayer document
Blue Cross NCLeadless Cardiac Pacemakerslisted, no stanceJun 1, 2026payer document
Blue Shield of CaliforniaBiventricular Pacemakers (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) for the Treatment of Heart Failure (2.02.10)listed, no stancepayer document
Blue Shield of California| Leadless Cardiac Pacemakers (2.02.32)listed, no stancepayer document
Capital Blue CrossExperimental and Investigational Procedures (MP 4.002)
Procedure codes: Miscellaneous
listed, no stanceSep 1, 2026payer document
Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT)Category III Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Codes
CPT Codes 0054T, 0055T, 0071T, 0072T, 0075T, 0076T, 0095T, 0098T, 0100T, 0101T,
listed, no stanceJan 1, 2027payer document
Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT)Leadless Cardiac Pacemakers (SUR707.030)
CPT Codes 33274, 33275, 0795T, 0796T, 0797T, 0798T, 0799T, 0800T, 0801T, 0802T,
listed, no stanceNov 1, 2025payer document
RegenceDual Chamber Leadless Cardiac Pacemakers (Surgery 217)listed, no stanceOct 1, 2025payer document
UnitedHealthcareCategory III CPT Codes (MMP043.49)
including imaging guidance (e.g., | (20.8.4)
listed, no stanceSep 1, 2026payer document

Recent prior-auth changes

  • Aug 1, 2026: PA added, HealthSpring

Medicaid fee-for-service

Prior authorization required or conditional in IN.

  • ND: $0.00 (physician), effective Aug 1, 2026
  • VT: $0.00 (outpatient_hospital_opps), effective Feb 1, 2026
  • WY: $0.00 (outpatient_hospital_apc, Children's Hospitals), effective Apr 1, 2026

From payers' published prior-auth lists, coverage policies and state Medicaid fee schedules, updated Oct 16, 2026. The role is what the policy's own code table or text says about the code. Not a guarantee of coverage or payment; verify with the payer. CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.