CPT code 27093: Hip arthrogram injection, without anesthesia2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $232.47 for 27093 nationally in the office and $57.78 in a hospital or facility. Local office rates run $203.95–$316.60.

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 27093 covers

This service places contrast within the hip joint to outline joint structures for an arthrogram. A radiologist or other qualified physician typically performs the injection, often using imaging to guide needle placement. The injection may precede fluoroscopic arthrography or an MRI arthrogram; the imaging acquisition and interpretation are represented by their own codes when performed. This code describes the injection without anesthesia; use its sibling code 27095 when the injection procedure is performed with anesthesia.

Select the code based on the service performed, not simply the type of scan ordered. Document the hip and side, indication, contrast injection, and whether anesthesia was used. The code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. For multiple procedures in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery services are not paid; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

Where 27093 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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27093 rates by state

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How the 27093 rate is calculated

Each of 27093’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 27093

The CMS indicators that decide how 27093 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

27093 compared with similar codes

How to choose

27095Hip arthrogram injectionWith anesthesia

Both codes describe an injection for hip arthrography. Choose 27093 without anesthesia and 27095 when anesthesia is used for the injection procedure.

73525Hip arthrographyContrast imaging

This code covers the hip joint contrast injection; 73525 covers the radiological supervision and interpretation for fluoroscopic hip arthrography.

27096SI joint injectionImage-guided intra-articular

27096 is an injection of the sacroiliac joint, not the hip joint injection used to prepare for arthrographic imaging.

Codes related to 27093

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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