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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

Minnesota 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $120 to $251.

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 $178 · 10th to 90th $83 to $309
$100$200$500professional $178

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
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$144.54

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$178

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.