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Actually I think the airlines may still need to pay something, even if you’re formally enrolled.

For example, Norwegian Airlines, a discount provider doesn’t “participte” in TSA precheck. So although I’m enrolled, there’s no way to get precheck if you’re flying Norwegian. (At last that was the case last year, maybe it was just that their systems weren’t capable.)

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It's still the same case now, Norwegian Airlines doesn't participate in PreCheck (just flew to Europe last week).

However, you can sort of mitigate that if you're also a member of Clear. At my local airport Clear lets me use the PreCheck lines even if the ticket isn't PreCheck (which is contrary to my understanding of how it's supposed to work, but I'm not complaining!).

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