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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Illinois 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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$759$447 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$2,138 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $8,913Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $759

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
$758.58
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,630.27
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 28th of 51

$1,000

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.