go back

Heart Muscle Biopsy

Maryland 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?

$794

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $661 to $1,413.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,890Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $741

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,479.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,071.52
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
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
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$69.18

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$794

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.