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

Arkansas 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$75.86$67.61 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$33.11 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $33 to $49Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $68 to $95
$50$100facility $33professional $76

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
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$43.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$34.67
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$72.44
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$57.54
4 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
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 41st of 51

$75.86

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.