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Temporary Pacing Through the Skin

Virginia 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?

$14.13

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1.35 to $1,380.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3,162Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $18
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $14professional $1

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,584.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.41
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$20.42
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 30th of 49

$14.13

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.