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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

South Carolina 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $162 to $309.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $174 to $240Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $102 to $363
$50$100$200$500facility $191professional $209

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
7 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
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$209

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.