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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Virginia 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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$741$631 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$794 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $309 to $12,589Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,380
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $741

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
$812.83
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$6,456.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,570.88
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$660.69
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
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$776

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.