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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

South Dakota 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $145.

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 $117 · 10th to 90th $79 to $178
$100$200professional $117

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
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$288.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$102.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$91.20
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 8th of 51

$117

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.