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Implanted Defibrillator Programming Check

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 93260

An in-office check of an implanted defibrillator of the type whose lead runs under the skin rather than inside the heart. The device is connected to a programr, the information it has stored is reviewed, and its settings are tested and adjusted to the values that suit the patient best, with a written report by the doctor.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Implanted Defibrillator Programming Check cost?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $74.13 to $100.

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

Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $65 to $145
$100$200professional $79

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$204.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$69.18

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Minnesota than in Oklahoma. 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.

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$79.43

MN $170OK $70.79

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.