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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Tennessee 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $229 to $1,259.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $162 to $4,677Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,677professional $295

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
$162.18
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
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
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$44.67

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 17th of 51

$295

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.