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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Arkansas 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$813$708 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,259 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,266Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $813

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
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
6 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
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 16th of 51

$1,288

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.