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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Arkansas 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $219 to $355.

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 $219 · 10th to 90th $219 to $219Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $204 to $468
$200$500facility $219professional $269

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
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
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
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 28th of 51

$269

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.