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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 July 2026.

How much does In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming cost?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $72.44 to $89.13.

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 $78 · 10th to 90th $58 to $132
$100$200professional $78

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
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$58.88
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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$69.18
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$57.54

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 49th of 51

$77.62

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.