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Temporary Pacing Through the Skin

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 92953

Adhesive pads placed on the chest deliver electrical pulses through the skin that drive the heart to beat at a set rate. It is an emergency measure used when the heart is beating dangerously slowly or has stopped conducting properly. It buys time until the natural rhythm recovers or a wire or implanted device can be arranged.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Temporary Pacing Through the Skin cost?

$1,000

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $324 to $1,950.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $1 to $6,310
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,000

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
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$14,454.40
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$14,454.40
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 4677.4 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· 11th of 49

$1,000

CA $4,169ND $0.89

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.