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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

Rhode Island 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $67.61 to $95.50.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $59 to $117
$100$200$500professional $91

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
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$74.13

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 24th of 51

$91.20

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.