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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

New Mexico 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $191 to $309.

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 $251 · 10th to 90th $141 to $257Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $126 to $447
$100$1K$10K$100K$1Mfacility $251professional $245

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$257.04
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$2,238,721.14
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
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
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 36th of 51

$245

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.