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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Maryland 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $151 to $257.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $120 to $363
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $204

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$93.33
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$676.08
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$134.90
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
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
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$204

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.