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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Indiana 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$229 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$182 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $89 to $2,188Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $182 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $302professional $269

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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,290.87
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
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
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 26th of 51

$269

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.