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In-Person Pacemaker Check and Adjustment, Two-Lead System

Alabama rates for HCPCS 93280

A clinician connects to an implanted heart pacemaker during an in-office visit to check its settings, battery status, and how well it's working, adjusting the programming as needed. This version applies to a pacemaker system with two wires (leads) placed in the heart. The visit is done in person rather than through remote transmission.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does In-Person Pacemaker Check and Adjustment, Two-Lead System cost?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$64.57$43.65 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$56.23 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $56 to $56Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $42 to $138
$50$100facility $56professional $65

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$64.57

AK $182NY $53.70

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.