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Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm

Maryland 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $102 to $132.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $91 to $162
$100$200professional $117

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$114.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$93.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$114.82
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$75.86
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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.38

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 42nd of 51

$117

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.