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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Utah 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $100 to $295.

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 $219 · 10th to 90th $219 to $219Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $98 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $219professional $219

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
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$363.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,128.61
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
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
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$46.77

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 41st of 51

$219

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.