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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Washington, DC 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $151 to $269.

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 $170 · 10th to 90th $170 to $170Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $98 to $513
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $170professional $204

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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$331.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25
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
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 49th of 51

$204

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.