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In-Person Pacemaker Device Programming

Vermont 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 Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $81.28 to $126.

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 $93 · 10th to 90th $74 to $372
$100$200professional $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
$93.33
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$87.10
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$309.03
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$151.36
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$93.33

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 20th 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.