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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

New Jersey 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$269$200 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$759 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $200 to $19,498Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $178 to $427
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $269

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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$199.53
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$138.04
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$19,952.62
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$426.58
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
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 24th of 51

$269

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.