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Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm

Pennsylvania 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $309 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$115$110 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$138 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $107 to $1,862Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $100 to $191
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $309professional $115

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
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$63.10
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$109.65
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$123.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$63.10
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$269.15
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
4 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
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$115

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.