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Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm

South Carolina 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $891 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$117$102 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$490 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,318Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $66 to $200
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $891professional $117

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
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
7 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
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$120

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.