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

Louisiana 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$81.28$61.66 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$10.00 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $10 to $93Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $56 to $129
$10$20$50$100facility $49professional $81

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
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$44.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$67.61
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$44.67
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
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$79.43

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.