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Pacemaker Check Around a Procedure

South 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $38.02 to $46.77.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $28 to $56
$50$100professional $44

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
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$56.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$37.15

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$43.65

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.