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

Placement of throat ultrasound probe for heart imaging only

CPT 93313the billing code this page is about

Covers only passing and positioning the ultrasound probe down the esophagus for a heart study; the imaging and the interpretation are billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $913 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 821 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $935. Most fall between $468 and $1,782 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
821
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – 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 821 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
$174$536$913$1,495$2,318

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($174 vs $2,318).

How the prices are spread

$82 – $119: 23 hospitals$82$119 – $174: 19 hospitals$174 – $253: 18 hospitals$174$253 – $368: 26 hospitals$368 – $535: 78 hospitals$368$535 – $779: 148 hospitals$779 – $1,134: 184 hospitals$779$1,134 – $1,651: 100 hospitals$1,651 – $2,404: 112 hospitals$1,651$2,404 – $3,499: 32 hospitals$2,404median $913price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (740 of 821 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$82$11923
$119$17419
$174$25318
$253$36826
$368$53578
$535$779148
$779$1,134184
$1,134$1,651100
$1,651$2,404112
$2,404$3,49932

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$558
Median cash price$913
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.64×

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 $913.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $536 across 15 hospitalsMN$536Illinois: median $803 across 33 hospitalsIL$803Wisconsin: median $725 across 49 hospitalsWI$725Michigan: median $725 across 29 hospitalsMI$725New York: median $957 across 46 hospitalsNY$957Massachusetts: median $1,331 across 20 hospitalsMA$1,331Oregon: median $1,325 across 14 hospitalsOR$1,325Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $99 across 19 hospitalsIA$99Indiana: median $737 across 23 hospitalsIN$737Ohio: median $1,002 across 30 hospitalsOH$1,002Pennsylvania: median $683 across 34 hospitalsPA$683New Jersey: median $607 across 19 hospitalsNJ$607Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,180 across 76 hospitalsCA$1,180Utah: median $963 across 26 hospitalsUT$963Colorado: median $1,876 across 11 hospitalsCO$1,876Nebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: median $2,163 across 13 hospitalsKY$2,163West Virginia: median $535 across 10 hospitalsWV$535Virginia: median $1,662 across 29 hospitalsVA$1,662Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $1,088 across 17 hospitalsNC$1,088South Carolina: median $832 across 25 hospitalsSC$832Oklahoma: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $609 across 20 hospitalsLA$609Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $827 across 32 hospitalsGA$827Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $913 across 74 hospitalsTX$913Florida: median $1,095 across 50 hospitalsFL$1,095
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $913. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY13$2,163+137%$294 – $2,163
Colorado CO11$1,876+105%$1,439 – $1,876
Virginia VA29$1,662+82%$1,417 – $2,446
Massachusetts MA20$1,331+46%$725 – $3,006
Oregon OR14$1,325+45%$896 – $2,219
California CA76$1,180+29%$859 – $2,318
Florida FL50$1,095+20%$294 – $2,562
North Carolina NC17$1,088+19%$386 – $1,088
Ohio OH30$1,002+10%$74 – $1,271
Utah UT26$963+5%$963 – $963
New York NY46$957+5%$649 – $2,519
Texas TX74$9130%$593 – $2,750
South Carolina SC25$832−9%$562 – $1,891
Georgia GA32$827−9%$406 – $1,012
Illinois IL33$803−12%$171 – $1,142
Indiana IN23$737−19%$141 – $985
Michigan MI29$725−21%$552 – $1,158
Wisconsin WI49$725−21%$438 – $984
Pennsylvania PA34$683−25%$558 – $1,020
Louisiana LA20$609−33%$257 – $1,159
New Jersey NJ19$607−33%$497 – $707
Minnesota MN15$536−41%$474 – $588
West Virginia WV10$535−41%$222 – $1,424
Iowa IA19$99−89%$97 – $1,068
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $913.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care731$923$497 – $1,876
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access69$725$141 – $984
Ownership
For-profit118$1,310$533 – $3,287
Government86$649$394 – $1,259
Non-profit611$909$474 – $1,662
System affiliation
Part of a system725$913$491 – $1,759
Independent96$823$200 – $1,803

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,567
Median cash price$913
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

606 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $963 and the average of the middle 60% is $976; most fall between $498 and $1,680.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 606 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
$251$562$963$1,494$2,318

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($251 vs $2,318).

Of the 673 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 606 gave a usable cash price; 46 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 21 a list price only.

How complete is this

821 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (21%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 924 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted821
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here74
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded29
Hospitals that filed this code924

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 R-T 2d W/Probe Placement Only.

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, “Placement of throat ultrasound probe for heart imaging only (CPT 93313) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93313-placement-of-throat-ultrasound-probe-for-heart-imaging-only