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Defibrillator Check And Adjustment, Two Leads

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 93283

This service is an in-person visit to check and, if needed, adjust the settings of an implanted heart defibrillator connected to the heart by two wires (leads). A clinician tests device function and fine-tunes settings for the individual patient. It's a routine follow-up service for people with this type of device.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Defibrillator Check And Adjustment, Two Leads cost?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $178 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$75.86 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$105 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $83 to $275Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $40 to $145
$50$100$200facility $178professional $100

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$60.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$69.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$52.48
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.95

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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 Carolina· 33rd of 51

$100

AK $229UT $70.79

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.