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Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm

Arkansas 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$126$115 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$355 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $288 to $525Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $115 to $151
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $126

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
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$112.20
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$100.00
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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 32nd of 51

$126

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.