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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Louisiana 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $204 to $295.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $0 to $209Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $191 to $347
$0.1$1$10$100facility $2professional $257

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
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$2.63
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
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
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$52.48

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$257

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.