CPT code 93000: Electrocardiogram (ECG), complete: tracing plus interpretation2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $15.36 for 93000 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $13.77–$19.67.

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

What 93000 covers

This service is a resting 12-lead electrocardiogram. A medical assistant, nurse, or technician places the electrodes and records the tracing. A physician or other qualified practitioner evaluates the rhythm, rate, intervals, axis, and waveform changes and documents an interpretation. Common indications include chest pain, palpitations, syncope, and medication monitoring. Clinically indicated preoperative evaluation may also involve an ECG. The complete service is commonly reported in offices and clinics; when a hospital supplies the tracing, the physician commonly reports only the interpretation.

Report 93000 when the same billing entity furnishes both the tracing and its interpretation and report. Documentation should identify the indication, retain the tracing, and include the interpreter's signed findings. CMS treats 93000 as a global-test-only code: report 93005 for the tracing alone or 93010 for interpretation and report alone rather than appending modifier TC or 26 to 93000. When multiple eligible cardiovascular diagnostic tests are furnished to the same patient on the same day, CMS applies the cardiovascular diagnostic multiple procedure reduction to the technical component.

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 93000 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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93000 rates by state

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How the 93000 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 93000

The CMS indicators that decide how 93000 is paid alongside other services.

93000 compared with similar codes

How to choose

93010ECG interpretationInterpretation and report only

93010 covers interpretation and report only, as when a physician interprets an ECG traced by a hospital. Use 93000 when the same billing entity furnishes both components.

93005ECG tracingTracing only

93005 covers recording the tracing only. Use 93000 when the same billing entity also furnishes the interpretation and report.

93040Rhythm ECGOne to three leads

93040 describes a limited rhythm ECG using one to three leads with a report. A complete resting 12-lead tracing with interpretation is 93000.

G0403Preventive ECGInitial preventive examination

G0403 describes a screening ECG associated with the Medicare Initial Preventive Physical Examination. Use 93000 for a diagnostic resting 12-lead ECG when the same billing entity furnishes the tracing and interpretation.

Codes related to 93000

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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