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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Massachusetts 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$316$191 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$115 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $65 to $501Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,259
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $195professional $316

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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$549.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$338.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$354.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$549.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$758.58
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
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
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 16th of 51

$309

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.