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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

New Hampshire 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $269 to $447.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $209 to $339Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $85 to $617
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $245professional $380

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$281.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
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
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$42.66

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 10th of 51

$380

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.