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Heart Ultrasound From The Food Pipe, Birth Defect

Washington 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 Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$120 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$129 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $65 to $339Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $71 to $891
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $170professional $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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$128.82
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$524.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
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
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 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.