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Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm

Massachusetts 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$102 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$66.07 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $41 to $646Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $66 to $851
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $87professional $141

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
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$60.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$851.14
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$575.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$169.82
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$162.18
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$162.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$851.14
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$575.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$93.33
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$102.33
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$58.88
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
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.99

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 25th of 51

$138

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.