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Testing Of An Under-Skin Defibrillator

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 5 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$234$204 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$219 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1,148Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $174 to $372
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $347professional $234

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
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$251

CA $1,202WV $186

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.