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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

California 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $219 from a hospital or other facility.

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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$251$219 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$138 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $78 to $355Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,259
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $219professional $251

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
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$302.00
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$263.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
4 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$42.66

Where California 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.

California· 35th of 51

$251

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.