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Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm

Minnesota 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $347 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$263$178 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$129 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,318Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $129 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $347professional $263

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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$891.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$269

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.