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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Alabama 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$550$417 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,138 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $4,266Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $550

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
$575.44
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
12 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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 46th of 51

$676

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.