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

Rhode Island 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$77.62$74.13 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$72.44 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $69 to $132Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $65 to $170
$100facility $78professional $78

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88
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
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$77.62

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.