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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

New Jersey 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $74.13 to $102.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $63 to $145
$100$200$500professional $87

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
$52.48
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$109.65
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$173.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$107.15
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$91.20

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 35th of 51

$87.10

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.