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Heart Muscle Biopsy

North Carolina 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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$631$457 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,259 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $708 to $14,454Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $631

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
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$67.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$263.03

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 47th of 51

$646

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.