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Placing The Probe For A Swallowed Heart Ultrasound

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 93313

Covers only the part of a heart ultrasound done from inside the food pipe in which the probe is passed down the throat and positioned behind the heart. The throat is numbed and sedation is given, and the operator guides the probe into place. Taking and interpreting the pictures is a separate service, often by a different clinician.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing The Probe For A Swallowed Heart Ultrasound cost?

$1,072

Typical facility fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $117 to $1,230.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,514
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 173.8 times more in Kentucky than in West Virginia. 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.

Rhode Island· 4th of 49

$1,072

KY $1,995WV $11.48

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.