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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Oregon 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $174 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$331$257 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$166 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $132 to $339Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $229 to $912
$100$1K$10K$100K$1Mfacility $174professional $331

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$169.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238,721.14
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
4 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
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 15th of 51

$316

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.