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Pacemaker Check Around a Procedure

Louisiana 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $8.13 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$44.67$33.11 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.13$0.03 to $8.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $0 to $8Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $29 to $74
$0.1$1$10$100facility $8professional $45

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
$25.70
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$48.98
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.11

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 29th of 51

$44.67

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.