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

Washington, DC 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 July 2026.

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

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $75.86 to $95.50.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $65 to $132
$20$50$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
$33.88
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$269.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$47.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$181.97
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$181.97
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$100.00

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Minnesota than in Alabama. 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.

Washington, DC· 39th of 51

$79.43

MN $162AL $72.44

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.