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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

Louisiana 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$87.10$67.61 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$8.13 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $8 to $93Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $60 to $138
$10$20$50$100facility $47professional $87

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
$36.31
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$67.61
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$45.71

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$85.11

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.