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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

Maryland 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $77.62 to $105.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $68 to $204
$100$200$500professional $85

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$61.66
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$112.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$95.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$70.79
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 38th of 51

$85.11

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.