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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Alaska rates for HCPCS 93505

A small sample of heart muscle is taken from inside the heart so it can be examined under a microscope. A thin catheter with tiny jaws on its tip is guided through a vein into a heart chamber and several pinhead-sized pieces of the inner wall are collected. It is used mainly to check for rejection after a heart transplant, or to find the cause of otherwise unexplained heart muscle disease.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heart Muscle Biopsy cost?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,138 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$2,138$1,413 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$2,570 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $251,189Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,074
$500$2K$10K$50K$200Kfacility $8,511professional $2,138

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$33,884.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,073.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Wisconsin than in Texas. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$2,570

WI $2,630TX $603

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.