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Pacemaker Check Around a Procedure

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Pacemaker Check Around a Procedure cost?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $36.31 to $53.70.

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 $47 · 10th to 90th $28 to $83
$20$50$100$200professional $47

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
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$43.65
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$114.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Minnesota than in Vermont. 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.

North Carolina· 24th of 51

$46.77

MN $97.72VT $33.11

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.