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Heart Muscle Biopsy

New Jersey 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?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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$832$708 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$2,754 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $14,791Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $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
$851.14
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$18,197.01
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,122.02
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,882.50
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,995.26
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$588.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 19th of 51

$1,175

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.