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Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm

Mississippi 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$112 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$603 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $562 to $741Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $100 to $214
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $603professional $162

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
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$112.20
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
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$42.66

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 15th of 51

$162

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.