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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

South Dakota 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $407 to $562.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $229 to $468Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $275 to $832
$200$500$1Kfacility $288professional $525

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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 3rd of 51

$525

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.