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Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm

Iowa 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $288 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$182 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$245 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,175Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $129 to $295
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $288professional $229

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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$107.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$562.34
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$138.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$141.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$141.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
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
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$229

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.