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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $77.62 to $148.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $69 to $214
$20$50$100$200professional $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
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$81.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$60.26
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 36th 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.