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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Connecticut 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $229 to $389.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,259Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $158 to $550
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $708professional $288

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
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$562.34
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
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 19th of 51

$288

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.