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

Throat heart ultrasound to guide a catheter heart procedure

CPT 93355the billing code this page is about

Continuous heart ultrasound through the esophagus used to guide a catheter-based structural heart or valve procedure, including probe placement and imaging throughout.

Hospitals typically charge $1,612 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,427 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,726. Most fall between $624 and $3,432 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,427
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 1,427 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
$364$750$1,612$3,087$5,090

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($364 vs $5,090).

How the prices are spread

$258 – $360: 75 hospitals$258$360 – $503: 99 hospitals$503 – $701: 95 hospitals$503$701 – $979: 141 hospitals$979 – $1,367: 152 hospitals$979$1,367 – $1,907: 181 hospitals$1,907 – $2,662: 206 hospitals$1,907$2,662 – $3,716: 164 hospitals$3,716 – $5,187: 109 hospitals$3,716$5,187 – $7,240: 72 hospitals$5,187median $1,612price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,294 of 1,427 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$258$36075
$360$50399
$503$70195
$701$979141
$979$1,367152
$1,367$1,907181
$1,907$2,662206
$2,662$3,716164
$3,716$5,187109
$5,187$7,24072

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,612.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,267 across 36 hospitalsWA$1,267Idaho: median $3,926 across 13 hospitalsID$3,926Montana: 5 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 $1,521 across 32 hospitalsMN$1,521Illinois: median $1,267 across 56 hospitalsIL$1,267Wisconsin: median $2,011 across 62 hospitalsWI$2,011Michigan: median $551 across 60 hospitalsMI$551New York: median $961 across 39 hospitalsNY$961Massachusetts: median $1,133 across 15 hospitalsMA$1,133Oregon: median $1,931 across 26 hospitalsOR$1,931Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,652 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,652Indiana: median $1,011 across 44 hospitalsIN$1,011Ohio: median $2,101 across 76 hospitalsOH$2,101Pennsylvania: median $926 across 60 hospitalsPA$926New Jersey: median $977 across 25 hospitalsNJ$977Connecticut: median $998 across 11 hospitalsCT$998Rhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,579 across 123 hospitalsCA$1,579Utah: median $3,669 across 27 hospitalsUT$3,669Colorado: median $2,790 across 29 hospitalsCO$2,790Nebraska: median $1,557 across 11 hospitalsNE$1,557Missouri: median $1,947 across 29 hospitalsMO$1,947Kentucky: median $1,392 across 24 hospitalsKY$1,392West Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $827 across 42 hospitalsVA$827Maryland: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,297 across 29 hospitalsAZ$2,297New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,216 across 12 hospitalsKS$1,216Arkansas: median $710 across 14 hospitalsAR$710Tennessee: median $425 across 38 hospitalsTN$425North Carolina: median $2,939 across 24 hospitalsNC$2,939South Carolina: median $1,386 across 29 hospitalsSC$1,386Oklahoma: median $1,227 across 22 hospitalsOK$1,227Louisiana: median $710 across 24 hospitalsLA$710Mississippi: median $684 across 19 hospitalsMS$684Alabama: median $1,589 across 18 hospitalsAL$1,589Georgia: median $2,248 across 49 hospitalsGA$2,248Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,253 across 122 hospitalsTX$3,253Florida: median $2,294 across 95 hospitalsFL$2,294
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,612. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID13$3,926+144%$2,515 – $3,926
Utah UT27$3,669+128%$3,669 – $4,317
Texas TX122$3,253+102%$1,752 – $7,086
North Carolina NC24$2,939+82%$289 – $3,062
Colorado CO29$2,790+73%$1,731 – $4,808
Arizona AZ29$2,297+42%$604 – $3,150
Florida FL95$2,294+42%$917 – $5,458
Georgia GA49$2,248+39%$1,753 – $3,074
Ohio OH76$2,101+30%$1,108 – $2,631
Wisconsin WI62$2,011+25%$1,172 – $2,675
Missouri MO29$1,947+21%$559 – $3,269
Oregon OR26$1,931+20%$642 – $2,266
Iowa IA20$1,652+2%$518 – $2,203
Alabama AL18$1,589−1%$390 – $7,240
California CA123$1,579−2%$666 – $4,848
Nebraska NE11$1,557−3%$389 – $2,565
Minnesota MN32$1,521−6%$723 – $1,852
Kentucky KY24$1,392−14%$701 – $4,026
South Carolina SC29$1,386−14%$1,386 – $2,527
Illinois IL56$1,267−21%$754 – $4,267
Washington WA36$1,267−21%$978 – $1,803
Oklahoma OK22$1,227−24%$1,082 – $1,392
Kansas KS12$1,216−25%$100 – $7,816
Massachusetts MA15$1,133−30%$425 – $1,859
Indiana IN44$1,011−37%$290 – $2,323
Connecticut CT11$998−38%$621 – $2,056
New Jersey NJ25$977−39%$497 – $6,463
New York NY39$961−40%$435 – $3,472
Pennsylvania PA60$926−43%$308 – $3,524
Virginia VA42$827−49%$325 – $1,821
Louisiana LA24$710−56%$441 – $1,474
Arkansas AR14$710−56%$426 – $1,705
Mississippi MS19$684−58%$210 – $842
Michigan MI60$551−66%$291 – $1,233
Tennessee TN38$425−74%$319 – $1,198
Maryland MD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $1,612.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,262$1,587$610 – $3,431
Children’s34$2,007$1,052 – $6,373
Critical access124$1,593$524 – $2,750
Ownership
For-profit183$3,000$1,017 – $7,493
Government140$1,634$511 – $3,263
Non-profit1,097$1,437$578 – $3,219
System affiliation
Part of a system1,300$1,639$642 – $3,472
Independent127$1,285$585 – $3,407

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,057
Median cash price$1,612
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

1,133 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,731 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,769; most fall between $682 and $3,269.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,133 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
$401$788$1,731$3,057$4,317

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($401 vs $4,317).

Of the 1,211 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,133 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 55 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,427 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (36%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,549 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,427
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
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 — excluded94
Hospitals that filed this code1,549

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Tee Guid Tcat Icar/Vessel Structural Intvn.

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 to guide a catheter heart procedure (CPT 93355) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93355-throat-heart-ultrasound-to-guide-a-catheter-heart-procedure