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In-office reprogramming of an under-the-skin defibrillator

CPT 93260the billing code this page is about

An in-person check of an implanted subcutaneous defibrillator in which settings are tested and adjusted to select the programming used going forward.

Hospitals typically charge $120 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 992 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $123. Most fall between $50 and $210 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
992
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 992 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$42$62$120$200$366

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($42 vs $366).

How the prices are spread

$31 – $41: 42 hospitals$31$41 – $54: 124 hospitals$54 – $71: 108 hospitals$54$71 – $93: 82 hospitals$93 – $123: 96 hospitals$93$123 – $161: 157 hospitals$161 – $212: 149 hospitals$161$212 – $279: 50 hospitals$279 – $368: 36 hospitals$279$368 – $484: 50 hospitals$368median $120price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (894 of 992 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$31$4142
$41$54124
$54$71108
$71$9382
$93$12396
$123$161157
$161$212149
$212$27950
$279$36836
$368$48450

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$38
Median cash price$120
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.1×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $120.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $102 across 25 hospitalsWA$102Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $114 across 36 hospitalsMN$114Illinois: median $150 across 42 hospitalsIL$150Wisconsin: median $243 across 56 hospitalsWI$243Michigan: median $104 across 50 hospitalsMI$104New York: median $50 across 44 hospitalsNY$50Massachusetts: median $148 across 14 hospitalsMA$148Oregon: median $111 across 25 hospitalsOR$111Nevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $64 across 18 hospitalsIA$64Indiana: median $108 across 34 hospitalsIN$108Ohio: median $139 across 62 hospitalsOH$139Pennsylvania: median $68 across 50 hospitalsPA$68New Jersey: median $41 across 26 hospitalsNJ$41Connecticut: median $77 across 10 hospitalsCT$77Rhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $209 across 74 hospitalsCA$209Utah: median $183 across 18 hospitalsUT$183Colorado: median $187 across 28 hospitalsCO$187Nebraska: median $98 across 10 hospitalsNE$98Missouri: median $48 across 20 hospitalsMO$48Kentucky: median $150 across 19 hospitalsKY$150West Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $64 across 18 hospitalsVA$64Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $147 across 15 hospitalsAZ$147New Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $41 across 11 hospitalsTN$41North Carolina: median $64 across 12 hospitalsNC$64South Carolina: median $143 across 15 hospitalsSC$143Oklahoma: median $55 across 18 hospitalsOK$55Louisiana: median $51 across 15 hospitalsLA$51Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $76 across 45 hospitalsGA$76Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $210 across 54 hospitalsTX$210Florida: median $114 across 48 hospitalsFL$114
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $120. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI56$243+103%$161 – $383
Texas TX54$210+75%$75 – $210
California CA74$209+74%$116 – $273
Colorado CO28$187+56%$161 – $417
Utah UT18$183+53%$183 – $215
Illinois IL42$150+25%$68 – $221
Kentucky KY19$150+25%$52 – $3,573
Massachusetts MA14$148+23%$47 – $307
Arizona AZ15$147+23%$47 – $610
South Carolina SC15$143+19%$72 – $200
Ohio OH62$139+16%$92 – $337
Florida FL48$114−5%$68 – $262
Minnesota MN36$114−5%$98 – $209
Oregon OR25$111−7%$93 – $170
Indiana IN34$108−10%$43 – $164
Michigan MI50$104−13%$45 – $128
Washington WA25$102−15%$76 – $136
Nebraska NE10$98−19%$73 – $194
Connecticut CT10$77−36%$50 – $123
Georgia GA45$76−37%$44 – $171
Pennsylvania PA50$68−44%$31 – $199
Iowa IA18$64−47%$64 – $160
North Carolina NC12$64−47%$51 – $100
Virginia VA18$64−47%$50 – $90
Oklahoma OK18$55−54%$55 – $63
Louisiana LA15$51−57%$30 – $61
New York NY44$50−58%$44 – $156
Missouri MO20$48−60%$45 – $120
Tennessee TN11$41−66%$21 – $76
New Jersey NJ26$41−66%$32 – $50
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $120.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care868$112$48 – $210
Children’s18fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access101$161$85 – $210
Ownership
For-profit89$144$68 – $319
Government103$89$44 – $169
Non-profit795$126$51 – $210
System affiliation
Part of a system902$126$50 – $210
Independent90$92$48 – $169

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$199
Median cash price$120
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

744 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $128 and the average of the middle 60% is $131; most fall between $60 and $210.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 744 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$44$67$128$194$294

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($44 vs $294).

Of the 780 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 744 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 21 a list price only.

How complete is this

992 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (25%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,042 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted992
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here24
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded26
Hospitals that filed this code1,042

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic cardiovascular procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Prgrmg Dev Eval Implantable Subq Lead Dfb System.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “In-office reprogramming of an under-the-skin defibrillator (CPT 93260) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93260-in-office-reprogramming-of-an-under-the-skin-defibrillator