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Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm

Alabama rates for HCPCS 93024

A test in which a medicine called ergonovine is given in small doses while the heart is closely watched, to see whether it triggers a spasm, a sudden tightening, in a heart artery. Chest pain, changes in the heart tracing, or narrowing seen during the test point to spasm as the cause of the symptoms. A medicine to relieve the spasm is given as soon as the response appears.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm cost?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $245 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$95.50$50.12 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$245 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $245 to $245Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $49 to $200
$50$100$200$500facility $245professional $95

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Minnesota than in Utah. 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$100

MN $269UT $70.79

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.