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

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$77.62$61.66 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$79.43 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $54 to $178Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $39 to $132
$20$50$100$200facility $117professional $78

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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$60.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$69.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$52.48
7 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
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$56.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.85

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 27th 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.