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Heart Rhythm Study Through The Esophagus With Pacing

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 93616

A heart rhythm study in which a thin wire electrode is passed through the nose or mouth into the esophagus, which lies directly behind the heart, to record electrical signals from the upper chambers. In this version the same electrode is also used to pace the heart, delivering small timed electrical impulses to bring out a rhythm problem so it can be identified. It avoids the need to place wires inside the heart itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heart Rhythm Study Through The Esophagus With Pacing cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $204 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$170$83.18 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$129 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $105 to $4,365Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $76 to $631
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $204professional $170

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$181.97

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 63.1 times more in Oklahoma than in Maryland. 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 Dakota· 15th of 51

$170

OK $4,898MD $77.62

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.