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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Minnesota 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,380$1,072 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,175 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $1,380

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
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$89.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$1,479

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.