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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 October 2026.

How much does In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming cost?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$67.61 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$45.71 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $29 to $132Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $49 to $676
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $62professional $100

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
$29.51
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$45.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$676.08
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$288.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$128.82
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$117.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$257.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$676.08
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$288.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$134.90
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$70.79
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81.28
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$47.86

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$97.72

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.