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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

New York 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$97.72 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$85.11 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $85 to $575Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $81 to $302
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $148professional $174

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
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$204.17
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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$269.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$630.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$154.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$363.08
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$741.31
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$457.09
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
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
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$40.74

Where New York 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 York· 51st of 51

$174

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.