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Procedure price report · Electrographic cardiac monitoring

Defibrillator check and programming around a procedure

CPT 93287the billing code this page is about

Evaluation and reprogramming of an implanted defibrillator immediately before and after surgery or another procedure, billed once per procedure period.

Hospitals typically charge $144 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,252 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $156. Most fall between $55 and $305 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,252
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 1,252 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
$34$67$144$277$473

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($34 vs $473).

How the prices are spread

$25 – $35: 67 hospitals$25$35 – $49: 89 hospitals$49 – $68: 99 hospitals$49$68 – $94: 146 hospitals$94 – $131: 111 hospitals$94$131 – $183: 164 hospitals$183 – $254: 166 hospitals$183$254 – $353: 134 hospitals$353 – $491: 95 hospitals$353$491 – $683: 58 hospitals$491median $144price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,129 of 1,252 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$25$3567
$35$4989
$49$6899
$68$94146
$94$131111
$131$183164
$183$254166
$254$353134
$353$49195
$491$68358

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $144.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 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 $94 across 31 hospitalsWA$94Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $92 across 39 hospitalsMN$92Illinois: median $135 across 52 hospitalsIL$135Wisconsin: median $176 across 62 hospitalsWI$176Michigan: median $40 across 47 hospitalsMI$40New York: median $79 across 37 hospitalsNY$79Massachusetts: median $138 across 20 hospitalsMA$138Oregon: median $94 across 28 hospitalsOR$94Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $77 across 19 hospitalsIA$77Indiana: median $144 across 46 hospitalsIN$144Ohio: median $220 across 78 hospitalsOH$220Pennsylvania: median $62 across 54 hospitalsPA$62New Jersey: median $161 across 16 hospitalsNJ$161Connecticut: median $168 across 11 hospitalsCT$168Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $277 across 96 hospitalsCA$277Utah: median $381 across 28 hospitalsUT$381Colorado: median $82 across 30 hospitalsCO$82Nebraska: median $34 across 16 hospitalsNE$34Missouri: median $213 across 22 hospitalsMO$213Kentucky: median $173 across 17 hospitalsKY$173West Virginia: median $48 across 13 hospitalsWV$48Virginia: median $83 across 30 hospitalsVA$83Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $163 across 26 hospitalsAZ$163New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $69 across 11 hospitalsAR$69Tennessee: median $103 across 17 hospitalsTN$103North Carolina: median $161 across 34 hospitalsNC$161South Carolina: median $62 across 10 hospitalsSC$62Oklahoma: median $43 across 20 hospitalsOK$43Louisiana: median $59 across 22 hospitalsLA$59Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $135 across 39 hospitalsGA$135Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $305 across 115 hospitalsTX$305Florida: median $214 across 62 hospitalsFL$214
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $144. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT28$381+165%$264 – $428
Texas TX115$305+112%$134 – $528
California CA96$277+93%$90 – $444
Ohio OH78$220+53%$88 – $610
Florida FL62$214+48%$74 – $314
Missouri MO22$213+48%$49 – $258
Wisconsin WI62$176+22%$98 – $205
Kentucky KY17$173+20%$56 – $262
Connecticut CT11$168+17%$111 – $368
Arizona AZ26$163+13%$42 – $322
North Carolina NC34$161+12%$61 – $291
New Jersey NJ16$161+12%$55 – $444
Indiana IN46$1440%$42 – $213
Massachusetts MA20$138−4%$36 – $551
Georgia GA39$135−6%$104 – $150
Illinois IL52$135−6%$50 – $358
Tennessee TN17$103−29%$20 – $367
Oregon OR28$94−35%$67 – $247
Washington WA31$94−35%$68 – $382
Minnesota MN39$92−36%$74 – $155
Virginia VA30$83−43%$68 – $278
Colorado CO30$82−43%$64 – $177
New York NY37$79−45%$50 – $229
Iowa IA19$77−47%$53 – $180
Arkansas AR11$69−52%$47 – $234
Pennsylvania PA54$62−57%$23 – $245
South Carolina SC10$62−57%$32 – $86
Louisiana LA22$59−59%$26 – $192
West Virginia WV13$48−67%$22 – $91
Oklahoma OK20$43−70%$25 – $108
Michigan MI47$40−72%$26 – $160
Nebraska NE16$34−76%$28 – $144
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $144.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,099$144$54 – $305
Children’s28$381$182 – $749
Critical access117$102$48 – $204
Ownership
For-profit131$259$70 – $600
Government123$104$48 – $232
Non-profit990$144$55 – $289
System affiliation
Part of a system1,121$146$55 – $305
Independent131$109$50 – $289

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$244
Median cash price$144
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

965 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $146 and the average of the middle 60% is $160; most fall between $57 and $305.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 965 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
$38$71$146$277$463

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($38 vs $463).

Of the 1,022 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 965 gave a usable cash price; 12 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 45 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,252 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (32%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,344 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,252
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
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 — excluded64
Hospitals that filed this code1,344

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Electrographic cardiac monitoring family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Peri-Px Dev Eval & Prog Sing/Dual/Multi Lead Dfb|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

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, “Defibrillator check and programming around a procedure (CPT 93287) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93287-defibrillator-check-and-programming-around-a-procedure