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Pacemaker Check Around a Procedure

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 93286

A check and reprogramming of an implanted pacemaker shortly before or after surgery, a procedure or a test, so the device behaves safely while equipment such as surgical cautery is in use, and is then returned to its usual settings. The doctor reviews the findings and writes a report.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pacemaker Check Around a Procedure cost?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.18$27.54 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$33.11 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $15 to $71Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $22 to $50
$20$50$100$200facility $43professional $28

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$41.69

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$28.18

AK $102NY $27.54

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.