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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Georgia 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $186 to $372.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $166 to $407Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $85 to $575
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $166professional $295

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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$524.81
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$676.08
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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$40.74

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 18th of 51

$295

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.