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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Arizona 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 Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $200 to $646.

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 $955 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,585Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,230
$200$500$1Kfacility $955professional $269

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
3 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
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$37.15

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 27th 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.