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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Tennessee 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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$1,023$708 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,445 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $977 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,623
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $1,023

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
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,623.41
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
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
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 8th of 51

$1,660

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.