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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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$794$676 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,096 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $389 to $6,026Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $794

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
$512.86
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
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
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 15th 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.