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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

Alaska rates for HCPCS 93281

This service involves a healthcare provider adjusting the settings of an implanted pacemaker during an in-person visit, using a wireless programr to communicate with the device. It's used to fine-tune how the pacemaker paces the heart, based on the patient's needs and how the device has been performing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $89.13 to $224.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $71 to $339
$100$200$500professional $135

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$95.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$389.05
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$151.36
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in New Mexico. 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$135

MN $178NM $75.86

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.