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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Pennsylvania 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$398$204 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$363 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $204 to $5,012Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $166 to $759
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $407professional $398

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
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,548.82
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,862.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
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
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$40.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$102.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$40.74

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 8th of 51

$407

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.