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CPT code 93316: TEE probe placement, congenital cardiac anomalies2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Reports transesophageal probe placement for congenital heart evaluation when the clinician placing the probe does not perform the imaging interpretation and report.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026109 payment localities45 Medicare services in 2024

Medicare pays $24.38 for 93316 nationally in a facility.

Medicare rate · 93316

TEE probe placement, congenital cardiac anomalies

Office or facility?

Work RVUs
0.59
Total RVUs
0.73
Global days
XXX

National rate · 2026

$24.38

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 93316 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 93316 covers

This code represents the clinician’s work to advance and position a transesophageal echocardiography probe for evaluation of congenital cardiac anatomy. It is used when probe placement is performed as a distinct service, often in a procedural or operating-room setting, while image acquisition and the interpretation and report are handled separately. The service concerns positioning the probe, not the diagnostic findings from the resulting study.

Report it only when documentation supports probe placement for a congenital cardiac evaluation and identifies the clinician who performed that work. When one clinician performs the complete congenital TEE service, including placement, imaging, interpretation, and reporting, the complete-service code 93315 is the better fit. If another clinician performs the imaging and interpretation/report, code 93317 describes that separate portion. CMS fee-schedule payment for 93316 reflects the probe-placement service.

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 93316 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

93316 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaUnavailable$23.28
AlaskaUnavailable$33.68
ArizonaUnavailable$24.05
ArkansasUnavailable$23.15
Atlanta, GAUnavailable$24.83
Austin, TXUnavailable$24.41
Bakersfield, CAUnavailable$24.39
Baltimore area, MDUnavailable$25.31
Beaumont, TXUnavailable$23.99
Brazoria, TXUnavailable$24.15

93316 rates by state

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

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93316 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 93316 rate is calculated

Each of 93316’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 · 93316

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work0.59

0.59 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense0.09

0.09 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.05

0.05 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

0.7300

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$24.38

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

Payment rules and modifiers for 93316

93316 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 · 93316

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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93316 isn’t priced in this setting.

93316 compared with similar codes

Compare codes · National

5 codes, side by side

Office or facility?

  • 93316

    TEE probe placement, congenital cardiac anomalies0.59 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 93315

    Congenital TEE, complete service0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 93317

    Congenital TEE, imaging and report0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 93313

    TEE probe placement, probe placement only0.25 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 93318

    Intraoperative TEE, monitoring purpose0 wRVU

    Not priced

How to choose

93315Congenital TEEComplete service
93315 covers the complete congenital TEE service. Use 93316 when the documented service is probe placement alone.
93317Congenital TEEImaging and report
93317 covers image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting for congenital TEE; 93316 covers probe placement.
93313TEE probe placementProbe placement only
93313 is probe placement alone for TEE outside the congenital cardiac code pathway. For congenital cardiac evaluation, use 93316.
93318Intraoperative TEEMonitoring purpose
93318 describes intraoperative TEE monitoring for ongoing assessment, not probe placement alone for a congenital diagnostic study.

Codes related to 93316

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

Codes related to 93316
CodeHow it relatesNational office range
Same family
93315Congenital TEE, complete serviceComplete congenital TEE service, including probe placement, imaging, interpretation, and report.No office rate
93317Congenital TEE, imaging and reportCongenital TEE image acquisition, interpretation, and report without probe placement.No office rate
Used instead
93313TEE probe placement, probe placement onlyProbe placement alone for a TEE evaluation that is not coded as a congenital cardiac study.No office rate
93312Transesophageal echo, complete serviceComplete TEE service for other indications, rather than congenital cardiac evaluation.$215.12–$317.47
93314TEE, without probe placementImage acquisition, interpretation, and report for other TEE evaluations, without probe placement.$205.24–$308.37

93316 billing questions

When should 93316 be used instead of 93315?

Use 93316 for probe placement alone in a congenital cardiac evaluation. When the same clinician also acquires the images and provides the interpretation and report, use the complete-service code 93315.

Can 93316 be reported with 93317?

They represent separate portions of a congenital TEE when the work is divided: 93316 for probe placement and 93317 for image acquisition, interpretation, and report. Documentation should support each clinician’s work.

How does 93316 differ from 93313?

Both describe probe placement alone, but 93316 is for congenital cardiac evaluations. Code 93313 is the corresponding probe-placement code for other TEE examinations.

What documentation supports 93316?

Document the congenital cardiac indication and the clinician’s probe-placement service. The record should distinguish that work from image acquisition and the interpretation and report.

Does 93316 include the echocardiographic interpretation?

No. It represents probe placement only; image acquisition and interpretation with a report are described separately by 93317 for congenital cardiac evaluations.

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 93316PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 12,065 (RVU26D)

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