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

Vermont 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $79.43 to $174.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $93 to $117Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $69 to $174
$100$200facility $93professional $105

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11
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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.49

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 16th of 51

$105

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.