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Testing of defibrillator leads at implant

CPT 93640the billing code this page is about

Electrical testing of implanted defibrillator wires, including measuring the shock strength needed, done when the device is first placed or replaced.

Hospitals typically charge $1,711 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,116 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,856. Most fall between $607 and $3,696 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,116
States
49
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – 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 1,116 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
$393$742$1,711$3,283$5,847

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($393 vs $5,847).

How the prices are spread

$280 – $395: 58 hospitals$280$395 – $559: 101 hospitals$559 – $791: 85 hospitals$559$791 – $1,119: 117 hospitals$1,119 – $1,583: 114 hospitals$1,119$1,583 – $2,240: 127 hospitals$2,240 – $3,169: 159 hospitals$2,240$3,169 – $4,483: 136 hospitals$4,483 – $6,341: 60 hospitals$4,483$6,341 – $8,971: 49 hospitals$6,341median $1,711price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,006 of 1,116 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$280$39558
$395$559101
$559$79185
$791$1,119117
$1,119$1,583114
$1,583$2,240127
$2,240$3,169159
$3,169$4,483136
$4,483$6,34160
$6,341$8,97149

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,711.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,600 across 25 hospitalsWA$1,600Idaho: median $2,885 across 10 hospitalsID$2,885Montana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,234 across 47 hospitalsIL$2,234Wisconsin: median $1,146 across 34 hospitalsWI$1,146Michigan: median $1,073 across 40 hospitalsMI$1,073New York: median $1,014 across 30 hospitalsNY$1,014Massachusetts: median $1,344 across 19 hospitalsMA$1,344Oregon: median $1,456 across 22 hospitalsOR$1,456Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,460 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,460Indiana: median $508 across 36 hospitalsIN$508Ohio: median $2,894 across 62 hospitalsOH$2,894Pennsylvania: median $609 across 44 hospitalsPA$609New Jersey: median $664 across 17 hospitalsNJ$664Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,492 across 115 hospitalsCA$2,492Utah: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,484 across 31 hospitalsCO$2,484Nebraska: median $949 across 10 hospitalsNE$949Missouri: median $840 across 26 hospitalsMO$840Kentucky: median $3,283 across 23 hospitalsKY$3,283West Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,451 across 29 hospitalsVA$1,451Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $602 across 16 hospitalsAZ$602New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,038 across 10 hospitalsKS$1,038Arkansas: median $703 across 12 hospitalsAR$703Tennessee: median $514 across 19 hospitalsTN$514North Carolina: median $1,168 across 34 hospitalsNC$1,168South Carolina: median $3,050 across 17 hospitalsSC$3,050Oklahoma: median $309 across 19 hospitalsOK$309Louisiana: median $739 across 19 hospitalsLA$739Mississippi: median $528 across 11 hospitalsMS$528Alabama: median $489 across 16 hospitalsAL$489Georgia: median $1,143 across 41 hospitalsGA$1,143Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,368 across 125 hospitalsTX$2,368Florida: median $4,564 across 60 hospitalsFL$4,564
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,711. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL60$4,564+167%$1,730 – $9,350
Kentucky KY23$3,283+92%$407 – $4,489
South Carolina SC17$3,050+78%$1,673 – $4,396
Ohio OH62$2,894+69%$1,646 – $3,353
Idaho ID10$2,885+69%$800 – $2,885
California CA115$2,492+46%$1,343 – $4,452
Colorado CO31$2,484+45%$1,455 – $4,339
Texas TX125$2,368+38%$888 – $3,900
Illinois IL47$2,234+31%$711 – $3,347
Washington WA25$1,600−6%$852 – $3,043
Iowa IA20$1,460−15%$390 – $3,377
Oregon OR22$1,456−15%$471 – $6,595
Virginia VA29$1,451−15%$1,191 – $1,664
Massachusetts MA19$1,344−21%$521 – $3,217
North Carolina NC34$1,168−32%$831 – $2,666
Wisconsin WI34$1,146−33%$820 – $3,408
Georgia GA41$1,143−33%$512 – $6,372
Michigan MI40$1,073−37%$607 – $2,927
Kansas KS10$1,038−39%$100 – $1,170
New York NY30$1,014−41%$768 – $2,673
Nebraska NE10$949−45%$729 – $1,460
Missouri MO26$840−51%$434 – $2,113
Louisiana LA19$739−57%$329 – $1,796
Arkansas AR12$703−59%$310 – $1,738
New Jersey NJ17$664−61%$428 – $5,881
Pennsylvania PA44$609−64%$130 – $8,298
Arizona AZ16$602−65%$497 – $1,293
Mississippi MS11$528−69%$410 – $1,000
Tennessee TN19$514−70%$179 – $946
Indiana IN36$508−70%$407 – $2,483
Alabama AL16$489−71%$393 – $1,816
Oklahoma OK19$309−82%$309 – $4,287
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $1,711.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,000$1,730$608 – $3,900
Children’s29$2,787$640 – $7,670
Critical access80$865$410 – $2,927
Ownership
For-profit167$3,220$800 – $8,603
Government124$1,100$512 – $3,021
Non-profit818$1,671$605 – $3,377
System affiliation
Part of a system994$1,730$608 – $3,696
Independent122$1,341$517 – $3,793

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,336
Median cash price$1,711
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

835 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,889 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,939; most fall between $711 and $3,432.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 835 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
$412$831$1,889$3,221$4,564

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($412 vs $4,564).

Of the 898 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 835 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 42 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,116 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (28%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,240 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,116
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded85
Hospitals that filed this code1,240

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 Other diagnostic cardiovascular procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Ep Eval 1/2chmbr Pacg Cvdfb Leads.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Testing of defibrillator leads at implant (CPT 93640) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93640-testing-of-defibrillator-leads-at-implant