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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Maine 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 Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $204 to $347.

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 $251 · 10th to 90th $85 to $417
$100$200$500professional $251

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
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$177.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$138.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
4 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
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 34th 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.