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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Alabama rates for HCPCS 93317

The image-taking and interpretation part of an ultrasound of the heart performed with a probe passed down the food pipe, in a person born with a heart defect. Viewing the heart from directly behind it gives the detail needed to map unusual anatomy and to check the result of a repair. This covers acquiring and reporting the images when another clinician placed the probe.

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $191 to $331.

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 $676 · 10th to 90th $676 to $676Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $79 to $347
$100$200$500facility $676professional $263

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
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
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Alabama· 21st of 51

$275

AK $537NY $174

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.