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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

Iowa 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $166.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $78 to $389
$50$100$200$500professional $115

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
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$251.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$134.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$288.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$102.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$112.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$194.98
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$115

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.