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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $240 to $363.

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 $646 · 10th to 90th $0 to $17,783Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $234 to $389
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $646professional $309

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 14th 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.