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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

Massachusetts 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $178.

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 $100 · 10th to 90th $65 to $257
$50$100$200$500professional $100

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
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$93.33
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$263.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$676.08
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$288.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$141.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$117.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$263.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$676.08
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$288.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$131.83

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$100

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.