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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Vermont 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $257 to $380.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $204 to $501
$200$500$1Kprofessional $347

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$199.53
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 12th of 51

$347

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.