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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Colorado 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 Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$214 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$191 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $191 to $417Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $191 to $427
$100$200$500facility $240professional $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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
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
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 23rd 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.