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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

Idaho 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$93.33 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$66.07 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $49 to $148Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $72 to $148
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $91professional $123

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
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$61.66
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$3,981.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$74.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$147.91
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$162.18
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$57.54
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$128.82

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 12th of 51

$123

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.