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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Reading

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 93314

The image-taking and interpretation part of an ultrasound of the heart performed with a probe passed down the food pipe, which lies directly behind the heart and gives far clearer pictures than scanning through the chest wall. This covers acquiring the images and reporting on them when a different clinician has placed the probe.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Reading cost?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $263 to $417.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $126 to $417Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $200 to $513
$50$100$200$500facility $200professional $331

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$239.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
2 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
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Mississippi· 21st of 51

$331

AK $589UT $126

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.