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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Minnesota 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $269 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$331$191 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$191 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,318Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,230
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $269professional $331

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
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$676.08
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$66.07

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 13th of 51

$331

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.