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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Nebraska 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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$525$363 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$537 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,090Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,230
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,349professional $525

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
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
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
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$525

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.