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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $234 to $417.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $141 to $295Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,230
$200$500$1Kfacility $263professional $269

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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12
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
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$41.69

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 25th 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.