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Testing An Implanted Defibrillator At Surgery

Montana rates for HCPCS 93640

Testing of an implanted defibrillator system at the time it is first put in or replaced. With the patient sedated in the operating room, an abnormal heart rhythm is deliberately triggered so the team can confirm the device senses it correctly and delivers a shock strong enough to restore a normal beat.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Testing An Implanted Defibrillator At Surgery cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$603$575 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$692 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $490 to $891Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $468 to $759
$500$1K$2Kfacility $741professional $603

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Wisconsin than in North Carolina. 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.

Montana· 21st of 51

$603

WI $1,000NC $331

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.