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

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $69.18 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$77.62$56.23 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$44.67 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $27 to $191Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $43 to $105
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $69professional $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
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$85.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$64.57
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$229.09
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$104.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$61.66
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$57.54
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
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.85

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th 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.