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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

North Dakota 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $229 to $562.

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 $182 · 10th to 90th $182 to $245Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,230
$200$500$1Kfacility $182professional $447

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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
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
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$40.74

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 6th of 51

$417

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.