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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Connecticut 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?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$1,288$912 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,291 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $851 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $1,288

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
$3,388.44
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 14th of 51

$1,318

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.