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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Mississippi 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$912$676 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$1,000 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,754Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,259
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $912

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
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$275.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 30th of 51

$1,000

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.