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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Montana 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$240$135 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$195 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $151 to $347Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $120 to $437
$100$1K$10K$100K$1Mfacility $295professional $240

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
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 39th of 51

$240

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.