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CPT code 93313: TEE probe placement, probe placement only2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Reports placement of a transesophageal echocardiography probe when the placing clinician performs that service separately from image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026109 payment localities14.7K Medicare services in 2024

Medicare pays $10.35 for 93313 nationally in a facility.

Medicare rate · 93313

TEE probe placement, probe placement only

Office or facility?

Work RVUs
0.25
Total RVUs
0.31
Global days
XXX

National rate · 2026

$10.35

Facility setting, before claim adjustments.

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

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Medicare pays by the payment locality where the service is performed.

On this page 10 sections
  1. Medicare rate
  2. What 93313 covers
  3. By payment locality
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Similar codes
  8. Related codes
  9. Billing questions
  10. Sources

What 93313 covers

This code represents placing a transesophageal echocardiography probe, without the image acquisition, interpretation, or report. It is commonly relevant in an operating room when a clinician places the probe for intraoperative TEE and a different clinician performs and reports the imaging service. The probe passes through the esophagus to provide access for cardiac ultrasound views; placement alone is the work represented here, not ongoing image interpretation or monitoring.

Choose 93313 when the documented service is limited to probe placement. The record should identify the clinician who placed the probe and support that this service was separate from the TEE imaging and interpretation. When one clinician performs and reports the complete TEE service, 93312 includes probe placement. When the imaging service is separately reported, 93314 describes image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting without probe placement. Code 93318 instead describes intraoperative TEE monitoring, rather than placement alone.

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 93313 pays more and less

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

109 of 109 payment localities

93313 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaUnavailable$9.90
AlaskaUnavailable$14.32
ArizonaUnavailable$10.22
ArkansasUnavailable$9.84
Atlanta, GAUnavailable$10.53
Austin, TXUnavailable$10.37
Bakersfield, CAUnavailable$10.38
Baltimore area, MDUnavailable$10.74
Beaumont, TXUnavailable$10.19
Brazoria, TXUnavailable$10.26

93313 rates by state

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

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93313 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AKNo published base rate1
ALNo published base rate1
ARNo published base rate1
AZNo published base rate1
CANo published base rate29
CONo published base rate1
CTNo published base rate1
DCNo published base rate1
DENo published base rate1
FLNo published base rate3
GANo published base rate2
GUNo published base rate1
HINo published base rate1
IANo published base rate1
IDNo published base rate1
ILNo published base rate4
INNo published base rate1
KSNo published base rate1
KYNo published base rate1
LANo published base rate2
MANo published base rate2
MDNo published base rate3
MENo published base rate2
MINo published base rate2
MNNo published base rate1
MONo published base rate3
MSNo published base rate1
MTNo published base rate1
NCNo published base rate1
NDNo published base rate1
NENo published base rate1
NHNo published base rate1
NJNo published base rate2
NMNo published base rate1
NVNo published base rate1
NYNo published base rate5
OHNo published base rate1
OKNo published base rate1
ORNo published base rate2
PANo published base rate2
PRNo published base rate1
RINo published base rate1
SCNo published base rate1
SDNo published base rate1
TNNo published base rate1
TXNo published base rate8
UTNo published base rate1
VANo published base rate2
VINo published base rate1
VTNo published base rate1
WANo published base rate2
WINo published base rate1
WVNo published base rate1
WYNo published base rate1

How the 93313 rate is calculated

Each of 93313’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.

How the rate is built · 93313

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work0.25

0.25 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense0.04

0.04 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.02

0.02 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

0.3100

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$10.35

Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

Payment rules and modifiers for 93313

93313 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

Place of service · 93313

Which rate does Medicare pay?

The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).

POS 11 · non-facility rate · national

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93313 isn’t priced in this setting.

93313 compared with similar codes

Compare codes · National

5 codes, side by side

Office or facility?

  • 93313

    TEE probe placement, probe placement only0.25 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 93312

    Transesophageal echo, complete service2.24 wRVU

    $239.48

  • 93314

    TEE, without probe placement1.8 wRVU

    $231.47

  • 93318

    Intraoperative TEE, monitoring purpose0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 93316

    TEE probe placement, congenital cardiac anomalies0.59 wRVU

    Not priced

How to choose

93312Transesophageal echoComplete service
Choose 93312 when the reported service includes probe placement, image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting; 93313 is limited to placement.
93314TEEWithout probe placement
93314 covers image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting without probe placement. It may be reported with 93313 when the services are separately performed.
93318Intraoperative TEEMonitoring purpose
93318 describes intraoperative TEE monitoring with ongoing image acquisition and interpretation; 93313 describes probe placement alone.
93316TEE probe placementCongenital cardiac anomalies
93316 is the probe-placement-only code for congenital TEE; 93313 is the corresponding placement service outside that congenital code family.

Codes related to 93313

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

Codes related to 93313
CodeHow it relatesNational office range
Component of
93312Transesophageal echo, complete serviceProbe placement is included in this complete transesophageal echocardiography service.$215.12–$317.47
Often billed with
93314TEE, without probe placementReports image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting when probe placement is separately reported.$205.24–$308.37
Same family
93316TEE probe placement, congenital cardiac anomaliesProbe-placement-only service for congenital transesophageal echocardiography.No office rate
93315Congenital TEE, complete serviceComplete congenital transesophageal echocardiography service, including probe placement.No office rate

93313 billing questions

How does 93313 differ from 93312?

93313 covers probe placement alone. Code 93312 covers a complete TEE service that includes probe placement, image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting.

Can 93313 be reported with 93314?

Yes, when probe placement and the separately reported image acquisition, interpretation, and report are performed as distinct services. The documentation should support each clinician's work.

Does 93313 include interpretation of the TEE images?

No. Image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting without probe placement are represented by 93314.

What documentation supports 93313?

Document the probe placement, the clinician who performed it, and how the service was separate from the TEE imaging and interpretation. A complete TEE report alone does not establish a separately performed placement service.

When is 93318 a better fit?

Use 93318 for intraoperative TEE monitoring with ongoing image acquisition and interpretation. Code 93313 represents probe placement alone.

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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RVUs for 93313PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 12,058 (RVU26D)

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