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

New Jersey 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $162 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$70.79$69.18 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$70.79 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $63 to $1,585Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $63 to $126
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $162professional $71

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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,698.24
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$131.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$51.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
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
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 44th of 51

$70.79

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.