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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic cardiovascular procedures

Biopsy of heart muscle

CPT 93505the billing code this page is about

A catheter with a small cutting tip is guided into the heart to remove tissue samples from the inner heart muscle for laboratory examination.

Hospitals typically charge $3,654 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,281 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,911. Most fall between $1,860 and $6,800 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,281
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,281 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,012$2,178$3,654$6,008$9,444

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,012 vs $9,444).

How the prices are spread

$516 – $705: 30 hospitals$516$705 – $964: 35 hospitals$964 – $1,318: 67 hospitals$964$1,318 – $1,802: 55 hospitals$1,802 – $2,464: 132 hospitals$1,802$2,464 – $3,368: 160 hospitals$3,368 – $4,604: 270 hospitals$3,368$4,604 – $6,295: 180 hospitals$6,295 – $8,605: 131 hospitals$6,295$8,605 – $11,764: 107 hospitals$8,605median $3,654price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,167 of 1,281 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$516$70530
$705$96435
$964$1,31867
$1,318$1,80255
$1,802$2,464132
$2,464$3,368160
$3,368$4,604270
$4,604$6,295180
$6,295$8,605131
$8,605$11,764107

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,226
Median cash price$3,654
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.13×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,654.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,084 across 33 hospitalsWA$4,084Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,446 across 19 hospitalsMN$3,446Illinois: median $3,492 across 50 hospitalsIL$3,492Wisconsin: median $3,633 across 45 hospitalsWI$3,633Michigan: median $2,544 across 55 hospitalsMI$2,544New York: median $3,725 across 41 hospitalsNY$3,725Massachusetts: median $5,713 across 13 hospitalsMA$5,713Oregon: median $4,497 across 20 hospitalsOR$4,497Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,037 across 19 hospitalsIA$2,037Indiana: median $3,826 across 40 hospitalsIN$3,826Ohio: median $7,482 across 66 hospitalsOH$7,482Pennsylvania: median $3,730 across 49 hospitalsPA$3,730New Jersey: median $3,487 across 41 hospitalsNJ$3,487Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,640 across 112 hospitalsCA$3,640Utah: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $4,117 across 24 hospitalsCO$4,117Nebraska: median $1,792 across 13 hospitalsNE$1,792Missouri: median $3,433 across 32 hospitalsMO$3,433Kentucky: median $11,007 across 21 hospitalsKY$11,007West Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,173 across 28 hospitalsVA$2,173Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,667 across 28 hospitalsAZ$2,667New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,974 across 11 hospitalsKS$2,974Arkansas: median $2,516 across 14 hospitalsAR$2,516Tennessee: median $2,080 across 33 hospitalsTN$2,080North Carolina: median $3,456 across 28 hospitalsNC$3,456South Carolina: median $7,453 across 25 hospitalsSC$7,453Oklahoma: median $1,833 across 29 hospitalsOK$1,833Louisiana: median $1,891 across 15 hospitalsLA$1,891Mississippi: median $1,375 across 15 hospitalsMS$1,375Alabama: median $2,448 across 14 hospitalsAL$2,448Georgia: median $3,590 across 46 hospitalsGA$3,590Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,032 across 135 hospitalsTX$5,032Florida: median $5,106 across 77 hospitalsFL$5,106
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,654. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY21$11,007+201%$1,296 – $11,007
Ohio OH66$7,482+105%$2,842 – $11,764
South Carolina SC25$7,453+104%$3,348 – $7,453
Massachusetts MA13$5,713+56%$3,384 – $10,499
Florida FL77$5,106+40%$2,702 – $8,976
Texas TX135$5,032+38%$2,534 – $6,306
Oregon OR20$4,497+23%$404 – $7,500
Colorado CO24$4,117+13%$2,953 – $9,205
Washington WA33$4,084+12%$1,489 – $5,992
Indiana IN40$3,826+5%$1,207 – $6,536
Pennsylvania PA49$3,730+2%$1,871 – $5,321
New York NY41$3,725+2%$1,985 – $6,810
California CA112$3,6400%$2,030 – $8,894
Wisconsin WI45$3,633−1%$2,250 – $5,820
Georgia GA46$3,590−2%$3,496 – $4,467
Illinois IL50$3,492−4%$1,109 – $6,798
New Jersey NJ41$3,487−5%$1,386 – $4,200
North Carolina NC28$3,456−5%$1,809 – $10,808
Minnesota MN19$3,446−6%$1,782 – $5,482
Missouri MO32$3,433−6%$2,277 – $6,800
Kansas KS11$2,974−19%$2,433 – $5,644
Arizona AZ28$2,667−27%$1,120 – $7,206
Michigan MI55$2,544−30%$516 – $4,348
Arkansas AR14$2,516−31%$742 – $3,509
Alabama AL14$2,448−33%$1,292 – $4,954
Virginia VA28$2,173−41%$1,516 – $3,869
Tennessee TN33$2,080−43%$874 – $3,554
Iowa IA19$2,037−44%$487 – $4,807
Louisiana LA15$1,891−48%$1,368 – $3,089
Oklahoma OK29$1,833−50%$1,029 – $5,254
Nebraska NE13$1,792−51%$1,277 – $2,827
Mississippi MS15$1,375−62%$939 – $5,160
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,654.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,137$3,652$1,866 – $6,804
Children’s44$4,791$2,125 – $8,152
Critical access93$3,633$969 – $6,162
Ownership
For-profit149$4,823$2,339 – $9,563
Government148$3,496$2,026 – $5,829
Non-profit977$3,640$1,809 – $6,577
System affiliation
Part of a system1,148$3,649$1,833 – $6,780
Independent133$3,698$2,072 – $7,755

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,963
Median cash price$3,654
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

985 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,652 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,000; most fall between $1,861 and $7,206.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 985 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,057$2,207$3,652$6,150$9,211

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,057 vs $9,211).

Of the 1,045 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 985 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 37 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,281 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (32%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,375 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,281
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded44
Hospitals that filed this code1,375

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic cardiovascular procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Endomyocardial Biopsy.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Biopsy of heart muscle (CPT 93505) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93505-biopsy-of-heart-muscle