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Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm

Rhode Island 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $724 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$129 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$363 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $200 to $891Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $95 to $224
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $724professional $148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 21st of 51

$148

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.