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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Mississippi 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $182 to $331.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $155 to $331Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $166 to $372
$50$100$200$500facility $155professional $282

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$436.52
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
$77.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$66.07

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 20th of 51

$282

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.