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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Florida 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $269 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$126 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$138 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,122Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $79 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $269professional $191

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
$154.88
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$154.88
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$309.03
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$190.55
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
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
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$191

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.