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

Throat heart ultrasound for a birth heart defect, complete

CPT 93315the billing code this page is about

A heart ultrasound done through the esophagus to evaluate a congenital heart defect; this code covers probe placement, image acquisition, and the written report together.

Hospitals typically charge $1,357 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,179 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,394. Most fall between $607 and $2,391 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,179
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 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 1,179 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
$327$665$1,357$2,183$3,710

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($327 vs $3,710).

How the prices are spread

$185 – $257: 20 hospitals$185$257 – $359: 46 hospitals$359 – $501: 52 hospitals$359$501 – $699: 142 hospitals$699 – $976: 112 hospitals$699$976 – $1,361: 160 hospitals$1,361 – $1,900: 204 hospitals$1,361$1,900 – $2,650: 184 hospitals$2,650 – $3,698: 83 hospitals$2,650$3,698 – $5,160: 60 hospitals$3,698median $1,357price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,063 of 1,179 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$185$25720
$257$35946
$359$50152
$501$699142
$699$976112
$976$1,361160
$1,361$1,900204
$1,900$2,650184
$2,650$3,69883
$3,698$5,16060

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$558
Median cash price$1,357
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.4×

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 $1,357.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,142 across 34 hospitalsWA$1,142Idaho: median $2,729 across 10 hospitalsID$2,729Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,148 across 30 hospitalsMN$1,148Illinois: median $1,206 across 38 hospitalsIL$1,206Wisconsin: median $1,407 across 29 hospitalsWI$1,407Michigan: median $1,161 across 57 hospitalsMI$1,161New York: median $1,214 across 56 hospitalsNY$1,214Massachusetts: median $1,974 across 18 hospitalsMA$1,974Oregon: median $1,509 across 18 hospitalsOR$1,509Nevada: median $594 across 11 hospitalsNV$594Wyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,530 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,530Indiana: median $780 across 29 hospitalsIN$780Ohio: median $1,826 across 53 hospitalsOH$1,826Pennsylvania: median $906 across 58 hospitalsPA$906New Jersey: median $633 across 24 hospitalsNJ$633Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,949 across 96 hospitalsCA$1,949Utah: median $2,548 across 26 hospitalsUT$2,548Colorado: median $1,876 across 32 hospitalsCO$1,876Nebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,950 across 24 hospitalsMO$1,950Kentucky: median $1,308 across 17 hospitalsKY$1,308West Virginia: median $563 across 11 hospitalsWV$563Virginia: median $1,104 across 33 hospitalsVA$1,104Maryland: median $489 across 10 hospitalsMD$489Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $711 across 23 hospitalsAZ$711New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $828 across 10 hospitalsKS$828Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $293 across 25 hospitalsTN$293North Carolina: median $1,239 across 26 hospitalsNC$1,239South Carolina: median $1,250 across 17 hospitalsSC$1,250Oklahoma: median $755 across 25 hospitalsOK$755Louisiana: median $520 across 22 hospitalsLA$520Mississippi: median $436 across 11 hospitalsMS$436Alabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $983 across 27 hospitalsGA$983Hawaii: median $1,106 across 10 hospitalsHI$1,106Texas: median $1,873 across 110 hospitalsTX$1,873Florida: median $2,261 across 71 hospitalsFL$2,261
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,357. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$2,729+101%$1,724 – $2,729
Utah UT26$2,548+88%$2,548 – $2,998
Florida FL71$2,261+67%$1,175 – $2,942
Massachusetts MA18$1,974+45%$883 – $2,784
Missouri MO24$1,950+44%$928 – $2,524
California CA96$1,949+44%$858 – $3,292
Colorado CO32$1,876+38%$1,387 – $4,193
Texas TX110$1,873+38%$1,734 – $3,258
Ohio OH53$1,826+35%$1,366 – $2,049
Iowa IA15$1,530+13%$311 – $1,530
Oregon OR18$1,509+11%$1,459 – $1,936
Wisconsin WI29$1,407+4%$627 – $3,975
Kentucky KY17$1,308−4%$211 – $2,165
South Carolina SC17$1,250−8%$986 – $1,657
North Carolina NC26$1,239−9%$743 – $2,102
New York NY56$1,214−11%$649 – $1,906
Illinois IL38$1,206−11%$573 – $2,267
Michigan MI57$1,161−14%$160 – $1,396
Minnesota MN30$1,148−15%$660 – $2,551
Washington WA34$1,142−16%$743 – $1,750
Hawaii HI10$1,106−19%$133 – $1,650
Virginia VA33$1,104−19%$362 – $2,183
Georgia GA27$983−28%$923 – $6,794
Pennsylvania PA58$906−33%$558 – $3,009
Kansas KS10$828−39%$100 – $3,547
Indiana IN29$780−42%$148 – $2,267
Oklahoma OK25$755−44%$504 – $855
Arizona AZ23$711−48%$519 – $3,909
New Jersey NJ24$633−53%$599 – $1,549
Nevada NV11$594−56%$424 – $2,303
West Virginia WV11$563−59%$138 – $1,860
Louisiana LA22$520−62%$294 – $1,020
Maryland MD10$489−64%$262 – $647
Mississippi MS11$436−68%$403 – $520
Tennessee TN25$293−78%$279 – $693
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not 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 $1,357.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,014$1,387$617 – $2,318
Children’s46$1,559$1,095 – $3,181
Critical access116$989$288 – $1,873
Ownership
For-profit130$1,826$665 – $6,088
Government137$1,170$520 – $2,102
Non-profit909$1,311$607 – $2,269
System affiliation
Part of a system1,043$1,396$627 – $2,468
Independent136$1,095$482 – $2,251

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,494
Median cash price$1,357
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

889 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,559 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,585; most fall between $700 and $2,548.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 889 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
$418$858$1,559$2,267$3,457

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($418 vs $3,457).

Of the 925 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 889 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 22 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,179 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (30%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,238 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,179
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
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 — excluded32
Hospitals that filed this code1,238

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 Congen Probe Plcmt Imgng I&R.

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, “Throat heart ultrasound for a birth heart defect, complete (CPT 93315) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93315-throat-heart-ultrasound-for-a-birth-heart-defect-complete