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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Kansas 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?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$1,023$776 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$1,514 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $1,023

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
$1,479.11
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$676.08
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
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 9th of 51

$1,585

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.