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Pacemaker Check Around a Procedure

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$45.71$38.02 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$17.78 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $13 to $105Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $28 to $60
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $31professional $46

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
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$45.71
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$46.77
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$69.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$109.65
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$57.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.91
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$42.66

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 28th 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.