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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Arizona 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$724$661 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$1,950 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,318Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $575 to $5,012
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $724

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
$1,096.48
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
5 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
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 7th of 51

$1,660

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.