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Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm

Nebraska 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 Nebraska, 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 $631 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$229$182 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$513 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,047Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $126 to $851
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $631professional $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
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$562.34
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd 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.