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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Ohio 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?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$646$417 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,023 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $631 to $10,965Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,349
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $646

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
$1,819.70
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$489.78
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$239.88

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 44th of 51

$692

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.