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Ergonovine Provocation Test for Artery Spasm

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $107 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$107 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$70.79 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $49 to $562Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $78 to $166
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $107professional $120

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
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$85.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$281.84
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
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
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
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
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th 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.