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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

Illinois 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $72.44 to $120.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $59 to $148
$50$100$200professional $91

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
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$79.43
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$199.53
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$107.15
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$91.20

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.