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Heart Muscle Biopsy

South 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 South 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 $4,898 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$398 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,291 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $15,488Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,072
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $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
$7,762.47
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 48th 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.