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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Virginia 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $170 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$170 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$112 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $85 to $468Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $112 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $170professional $214

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$478.63
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68
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
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd of 51

$214

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.