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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Georgia 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?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$851$661 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$724 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,079Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $851

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
$660.69
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,174.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,265.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$4,265.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 31st of 51

$955

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.