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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 October 2026.

How much does In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming cost?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$69.18$46.77 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$56.23 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $56 to $56Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $44 to $145
$50$100facility $56professional $69

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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.3 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$69.18

AK $195NY $58.88

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.