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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Missouri 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?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$891$692 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$2,188 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $891 to $14,125Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $891

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
$1,174.90
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 24th of 51

$1,096

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.