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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Colorado 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?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$977$813 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$3,890 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $12,589Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,622
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $977

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
$1,071.52
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$34,673.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,949.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,348.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$2,399

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.