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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Kentucky 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$251$214 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$129 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $78 to $282Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $170 to $389
$50$100$200$500facility $170professional $251

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
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$177.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
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
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 33rd of 51

$251

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.