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Testing Of An Under-Skin Defibrillator

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 93644

With the patient monitored and a full resuscitation team on hand, the care team deliberately triggers a dangerous heart rhythm to confirm that a defibrillator implanted under the skin of the chest detects it and delivers a shock strong enough to stop it. They measure how much energy is needed, check how reliably the device senses the rhythm starting and stopping, and set or reset its parameters accordingly. This goes well beyond a routine check of how the device is running.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Testing Of An Under-Skin Defibrillator cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$219 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$46.77 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $47 to $692Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $219 to $288
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $65professional $240

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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$173.78
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Arkansas· 32nd of 51

$240

AK $468UT $132

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.