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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

Alabama 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $72.44 to $97.72.

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

Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $68 to $145
$100$200professional $79

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
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$70.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$79.43
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$79.43

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.