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Procedure price report · Diagnostic ultrasound (echocardiogram) or optical coherence tomography (OCT) of heart

Ultrasound of the heart from inside the throat, complete

CPT 93312the billing code this page is about

A heart ultrasound done with a probe passed down the esophagus; this code covers the whole service, including placing the probe, taking the images, and the written interpretation.

Hospitals typically charge $1,544 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,617 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,593. Most fall between $682 and $2,815 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,617
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,617 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$502$824$1,544$2,473$4,188

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($502 vs $4,188).

How the prices are spread

$275 – $376: 56 hospitals$275$376 – $515: 92 hospitals$515 – $704: 269 hospitals$515$704 – $963: 244 hospitals$963 – $1,317: 310 hospitals$963$1,317 – $1,801: 408 hospitals$1,801 – $2,463: 443 hospitals$1,801$2,463 – $3,369: 288 hospitals$3,369 – $4,607: 156 hospitals$3,369$4,607 – $6,301: 92 hospitals$4,607median $1,544price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,358 of 2,617 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$275$37656
$376$51592
$515$704269
$704$963244
$963$1,317310
$1,317$1,801408
$1,801$2,463443
$2,463$3,369288
$3,369$4,607156
$4,607$6,30192

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$558
Median cash price$1,544
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.8×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,544.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $913 across 16 hospitalsME$913Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,537 across 17 hospitalsNH$1,537Washington: median $1,540 across 54 hospitalsWA$1,540Idaho: median $2,175 across 16 hospitalsID$2,175Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $1,287 across 11 hospitalsND$1,287Minnesota: median $1,082 across 49 hospitalsMN$1,082Illinois: median $1,858 across 99 hospitalsIL$1,858Wisconsin: median $1,669 across 88 hospitalsWI$1,669Michigan: median $1,156 across 86 hospitalsMI$1,156New York: median $957 across 107 hospitalsNY$957Massachusetts: median $1,777 across 48 hospitalsMA$1,777Oregon: median $1,182 across 42 hospitalsOR$1,182Nevada: median $1,540 across 18 hospitalsNV$1,540Wyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $2,679 across 14 hospitalsSD$2,679Iowa: median $1,492 across 35 hospitalsIA$1,492Indiana: median $1,337 across 76 hospitalsIN$1,337Ohio: median $1,791 across 120 hospitalsOH$1,791Pennsylvania: median $1,324 across 112 hospitalsPA$1,324New Jersey: median $736 across 57 hospitalsNJ$736Connecticut: median $1,690 across 21 hospitalsCT$1,690Rhode Island: median $1,458 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,458California: median $2,314 across 192 hospitalsCA$2,314Utah: median $2,158 across 32 hospitalsUT$2,158Colorado: median $1,876 across 50 hospitalsCO$1,876Nebraska: median $1,819 across 38 hospitalsNE$1,819Missouri: median $2,411 across 59 hospitalsMO$2,411Kentucky: median $1,547 across 50 hospitalsKY$1,547West Virginia: median $364 across 24 hospitalsWV$364Virginia: median $1,850 across 60 hospitalsVA$1,850Maryland: median $306 across 34 hospitalsMD$306Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,007 across 48 hospitalsAZ$1,007New Mexico: median $948 across 16 hospitalsNM$948Kansas: median $838 across 31 hospitalsKS$838Arkansas: median $647 across 22 hospitalsAR$647Tennessee: median $962 across 69 hospitalsTN$962North Carolina: median $1,335 across 80 hospitalsNC$1,335South Carolina: median $1,652 across 48 hospitalsSC$1,652Oklahoma: median $999 across 43 hospitalsOK$999Louisiana: median $799 across 49 hospitalsLA$799Mississippi: median $697 across 39 hospitalsMS$697Alabama: median $1,065 across 34 hospitalsAL$1,065Georgia: median $1,404 across 86 hospitalsGA$1,404Hawaii: median $1,422 across 15 hospitalsHI$1,422Texas: median $2,192 across 202 hospitalsTX$2,192Florida: median $3,032 across 163 hospitalsFL$3,032
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,544. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL163$3,032+96%$1,279 – $7,821
South Dakota SD14$2,679+74%$2,676 – $3,939
Missouri MO59$2,411+56%$924 – $3,242
California CA192$2,314+50%$1,084 – $4,432
Texas TX202$2,192+42%$1,164 – $5,215
Idaho ID16$2,175+41%$1,724 – $2,729
Utah UT32$2,158+40%$2,158 – $2,158
Colorado CO50$1,876+21%$1,018 – $4,188
Illinois IL99$1,858+20%$800 – $2,946
Virginia VA60$1,850+20%$963 – $2,541
Nebraska NE38$1,819+18%$1,303 – $2,757
Ohio OH120$1,791+16%$1,057 – $2,372
Massachusetts MA48$1,777+15%$1,188 – $2,627
Connecticut CT21$1,690+9%$529 – $2,480
Wisconsin WI88$1,669+8%$560 – $2,293
South Carolina SC48$1,652+7%$1,104 – $2,230
Kentucky KY50$1,5470%$726 – $3,020
Nevada NV18$1,5400%$594 – $2,567
Washington WA54$1,5400%$1,024 – $2,105
New Hampshire NH17$1,5370%$501 – $3,633
Iowa IA35$1,492−3%$344 – $1,946
Rhode Island RI10$1,458−6%$611 – $1,876
Hawaii HI15$1,422−8%$117 – $1,976
Georgia GA86$1,404−9%$1,073 – $3,495
Indiana IN76$1,337−13%$773 – $2,108
North Carolina NC80$1,335−14%$753 – $1,842
Pennsylvania PA112$1,324−14%$646 – $3,227
North Dakota ND11$1,287−17%$696 – $2,470
Oregon OR42$1,182−23%$319 – $1,732
Michigan MI86$1,156−25%$634 – $1,754
Minnesota MN49$1,082−30%$876 – $2,314
Alabama AL34$1,065−31%$487 – $3,482
Arizona AZ48$1,007−35%$671 – $2,370
Oklahoma OK43$999−35%$647 – $1,899
Tennessee TN69$962−38%$448 – $1,808
New York NY107$957−38%$558 – $2,350
New Mexico NM16$948−39%$571 – $1,536
Maine ME16$913−41%$539 – $2,213
Kansas KS31$838−46%$506 – $2,411
Louisiana LA49$799−48%$509 – $1,589
New Jersey NJ57$736−52%$607 – $1,573
Mississippi MS39$697−55%$411 – $964
Arkansas AR22$647−58%$482 – $1,623
West Virginia WV24$364−76%$110 – $1,488
Maryland MD34$306−80%$175 – $440
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,544.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,209$1,591$701 – $2,887
Children’s49$2,081$1,158 – $4,047
Critical access350$1,314$536 – $2,264
Ownership
For-profit406$2,319$998 – $6,775
Government340$1,195$548 – $2,075
Non-profit1,862$1,511$669 – $2,603
System affiliation
Part of a system2,225$1,604$726 – $2,887
Independent392$1,188$543 – $2,199

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,889
Median cash price$1,544
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,905 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,652 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,673; most fall between $800 and $2,771.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,905 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$543$934$1,652$2,461$3,674

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($543 vs $3,674).

Of the 2,022 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,905 gave a usable cash price; 41 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 76 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,617 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (66%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,780 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,617
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here70
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded91
Hospitals that filed this code2,780

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Diagnostic ultrasound (echocardiogram) or optical coherence tomography (OCT) of heart family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Echo Transesophag R-T 2d W/Prb Img Acquisj I&R|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Ultrasound of the heart from inside the throat, complete (CPT 93312) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93312-ultrasound-of-the-heart-from-inside-the-throat-complete