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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Iowa 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $331 to $490.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $209 to $525Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $257 to $794
$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $407

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
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$489.78
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
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
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$60.26

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$407

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.