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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

Montana 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $74.13 to $141.

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 $93 · 10th to 90th $71 to $158
$100$200$500professional $93

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
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$91.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$147.91
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$66.07

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 22nd of 51

$93.33

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.