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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

Arkansas 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$81.28$74.13 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$33.11 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $33 to $49Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $74 to $100
$50$100facility $33professional $81

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
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$39.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$74.13
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$58.88

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 42nd of 51

$81.28

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.