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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Nevada 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $162 to $282.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $182 to $4,266Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $87 to $339
$10$100$1Kfacility $209professional $204

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
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.90
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.95
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 48th of 51

$204

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.