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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Massachusetts 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$776$398 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$372 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $251 to $5,248Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $282 to $3,388
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $741professional $776

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
$1,318.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,495.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,495.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,000.00
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$933.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,951.21
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,495.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,495.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,398.83
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
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
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$257.04

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 41st of 51

$776

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.