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

Iowa 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $115 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$93.33 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$83.18 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $65 to $191Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $76 to $200
$50$100$200$500facility $115professional $138

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
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$102.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$194.98
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$125.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$288.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$102.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
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
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$138

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.