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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Michigan 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$832$724 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,023 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,898Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $832

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
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
10 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
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 39th of 51

$832

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.