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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Michigan 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$214$132 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$347 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,023Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $132 to $316
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $214

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
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
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
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 44th of 51

$214

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.