CPT code 93290: Device interrogation, implantable physiologic monitor2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $52.44 for 93290 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $46.79–$70.35.

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

What 93290 covers

This service is an in-person check of an implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor, such as a system that records hemodynamic information used to manage heart failure. The clinician or device clinic team obtains the stored data for review; a qualified professional analyzes the findings and documents a report. It is distinct from checking a pacemaker, implantable defibrillator, or subcutaneous rhythm monitor, which are different device types.

Report the service for an in-person evaluation of the physiologic monitor, supported by documentation identifying the device, the data reviewed, the analysis, and the resulting report. It is a diagnostic test with separately priced professional and technical components: modifier 26 identifies the professional interpretation, modifier TC identifies the equipment and staff service, and no modifier represents the global service. When multiple cardiovascular diagnostic procedures are performed, the multiple procedure reduction applies to this code’s 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 93290 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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93290 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

How the 93290 rate is calculated

Each of 93290’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 93290

The CMS indicators that decide how 93290 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

93290 compared with similar codes

How to choose

93297Remote device monitoringImplantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor

Use 93290 when the physiologic monitor is interrogated in person; 93297 describes remote interrogation of that device type.

93291Loop recorder checkIn-person interrogation

93291 is for in-person interrogation of a subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor, such as an implantable loop recorder. 93290 is for an implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor.

93289Device interrogationImplantable defibrillator

93289 is for interrogation of an implantable defibrillator. Select 93290 when the device being evaluated is an implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor.

Codes related to 93290

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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