$66.10–$96.66
93015 represents the complete cardiovascular stress-test service. Choose 93017 when reporting only the ECG tracing portion of a split service.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
93017 Stress test Medicare reimbursement rates
Reports the technical recording of ECG tracings during exercise or pharmacologic cardiovascular stress testing, apart from supervision and interpretation. Compare 93017 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 93017?
The service location and office or facility setting determine which base rate applies. These are the supported base rates for the 109 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$33.34–$55.75
109 of 109 localities have a supported rate.
Lowest: Arkansas
Highest: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
A spread of $22.41 per service.
Facility setting
No supported rate
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Where 93017 pays more and less
109 payment localities
$33.34 to $55.75
Cardiovascular testing
About 93017: Cardiovascular stress test tracing
Reports the technical recording of ECG tracings during exercise or pharmacologic cardiovascular stress testing, apart from supervision and interpretation.
This service captures ECG tracings while a patient undergoes a cardiovascular stress protocol, such as treadmill or bicycle exercise or pharmacologic stress. Cardiology practices and diagnostic testing departments use the tracing to document the heart’s electrical response during stress testing, often when evaluating exertional symptoms or suspected cardiac ischemia. The code covers the recording portion, not the clinician’s interpretation and report.
Report 93017 when the stress-test tracings are performed and the service is billed separately from interpretation; the separate interpretation-and-report code is 93018. Supervision, when furnished and separately reported, is represented by 93016. Documentation should identify the stress test performed and support that ECG tracings were obtained. CMS applies the cardiovascular diagnostic multiple procedure reduction to this code’s technical component when the reduction rules are triggered.
CMS billing rules for 93017
- Professional and technical components
- Technical-component-only code: a separate code covers interpretation.
- Multiple procedures
- Cardiovascular diagnostic multiple procedure reduction applies to the technical component.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.00 · 0%
- Practice expense (office) RVU1.15 · 98%
- Malpractice RVU0.02 · 2%
71.3K
Medicare services in 2024 · #665 by national volume
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.
93017 compared with similar codes
Office rate ranges across all CMS payment localities, from the same CMS release.
$19.75–$28.28
93016 is for stress-test supervision; 93017 is for producing the ECG tracings. They represent distinct portions of the test.
$13.01–$18.63
93018 covers the interpretation and report. It does not represent acquisition of the stress-test tracings reported with 93017.
$5.91–$9.81
93005 represents an ECG tracing outside a cardiovascular stress test; 93017 is for tracings obtained during stress testing.
See how rates vary across the country
93017 · Office / nonfacility · Non-QP. Choose a state to explore its payment localities. A range means the amount varies within that state.
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$33.34
$49.11
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| State / territory | Rate range | Localities |
|---|---|---|
| AK | $41.28 | 1 |
| AL | $33.99 | 1 |
| AR | $33.34 | 1 |
| AZ | $37.79 | 1 |
| CA | $42.46–$55.75 | 29 |
| CO | $41.39 | 1 |
| CT | $42.18 | 1 |
| DC | $45.99 | 1 |
| DE | $38.55 | 1 |
| FL | $37.72–$41.68 | 3 |
| GA | $35.06–$39.83 | 2 |
| GU | $44.06 | 1 |
| HI | $44.06 | 1 |
| IA | $35.41 | 1 |
| ID | $35.65 | 1 |
| IL | $36.11–$40.63 | 4 |
| IN | $35.93 | 1 |
| KS | $35.06 | 1 |
| KY | $34.76 | 1 |
| LA | $34.63–$36.90 | 2 |
| MA | $40.98–$46.46 | 2 |
| MD | $39.49–$45.99 | 3 |
| ME | $35.75–$38.49 | 2 |
| MI | $35.82–$38.19 | 2 |
| MN | $39.72 | 1 |
| MO | $33.76–$37.24 | 3 |
| MS | $33.57 | 1 |
| MT | $39.08 | 1 |
| NC | $36.26 | 1 |
| ND | $38.68 | 1 |
| NE | $35.71 | 1 |
| NH | $40.57 | 1 |
| NJ | $42.68–$45.27 | 2 |
| NM | $36.03 | 1 |
| NV | $39.01 | 1 |
| NY | $36.96–$46.91 | 5 |
| OH | $35.74 | 1 |
| OK | $34.82 | 1 |
| OR | $38.73–$43.17 | 2 |
| PA | $35.89–$40.78 | 2 |
| PR | $39.49 | 1 |
| RI | $40.27 | 1 |
| SC | $36.06 | 1 |
| SD | $38.64 | 1 |
| TN | $35.27 | 1 |
| TX | $35.57–$41.23 | 8 |
| UT | $36.71 | 1 |
| VA | $38.23–$45.99 | 2 |
| VI | $39.49 | 1 |
| VT | $38.36 | 1 |
| WA | $40.96–$47.68 | 2 |
| WI | $37.00 | 1 |
| WV | $34.34 | 1 |
| WY | $38.91 | 1 |
Compare 93017 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
109 of 109 payment localities
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Office $33.99 | Facility Unavailable |
| Alaska* | Office $41.28 | Facility Unavailable |
| Arizona | Office $37.79 | Facility Unavailable |
| Arkansas | Office $33.34 | Facility Unavailable |
| Atlanta | Office $39.83 | Facility Unavailable |
| Austin | Office $41.23 | Facility Unavailable |
| Bakersfield | Office $42.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| Baltimore/Surr. Cntys | Office $42.04 | Facility Unavailable |
| Beaumont | Office $35.57 | Facility Unavailable |
| Brazoria | Office $38.59 | Facility Unavailable |
| Chicago | Office $40.14 | Facility Unavailable |
| Chico | Office $42.46 | Facility Unavailable |
| Colorado | Office $41.39 | Facility Unavailable |
| Connecticut | Office $42.18 | Facility Unavailable |
| Dallas | Office $38.83 | Facility Unavailable |
| Dc + Md/Va Suburbs | Office $45.99 | Facility Unavailable |
| Delaware | Office $38.55 | Facility Unavailable |
| Detroit | Office $38.19 | Facility Unavailable |
| East St. Louis | Office $36.68 | Facility Unavailable |
| El Centro | Office $42.46 | Facility Unavailable |
| Fort Lauderdale | Office $40.12 | Facility Unavailable |
| Fort Worth | Office $38.46 | Facility Unavailable |
| Fresno | Office $42.46 | Facility Unavailable |
| Galveston | Office $38.70 | Facility Unavailable |
| Hanford-Corcoran | Office $42.46 | Facility Unavailable |
| Hawaii, Guam | Office $44.06 | Facility Unavailable |
| Houston | Office $39.06 | Facility Unavailable |
| Idaho | Office $35.65 | Facility Unavailable |
| Indiana | Office $35.93 | Facility Unavailable |
| Iowa | Office $35.41 | Facility Unavailable |
| Kansas | Office $35.06 | Facility Unavailable |
| Kentucky | Office $34.76 | Facility Unavailable |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty) | Office $45.88 | Facility Unavailable |
| Madera | Office $42.46 | Facility Unavailable |
| Manhattan | Office $45.69 | Facility Unavailable |
| Merced | Office $42.46 | Facility Unavailable |
| Metropolitan Boston | Office $46.46 | Facility Unavailable |
| Metropolitan Kansas City | Office $36.72 | Facility Unavailable |
| Metropolitan Philadelphia | Office $40.78 | Facility Unavailable |
| Metropolitan St. Louis | Office $37.24 | Facility Unavailable |
| Miami | Office $41.68 | Facility Unavailable |
| Minnesota | Office $39.72 | Facility Unavailable |
| Mississippi | Office $33.57 | Facility Unavailable |
| Modesto | Office $42.46 | Facility Unavailable |
| Montana** | Office $39.08 | Facility Unavailable |
| Napa | Office $50.97 | Facility Unavailable |
| Nebraska | Office $35.71 | Facility Unavailable |
| Nevada** | Office $39.01 | Facility Unavailable |
| New Hampshire | Office $40.57 | Facility Unavailable |
| New Mexico | Office $36.03 | Facility Unavailable |
| New Orleans | Office $36.90 | Facility Unavailable |
| North Carolina | Office $36.26 | Facility Unavailable |
| North Dakota** | Office $38.68 | Facility Unavailable |
| Northern Nj | Office $45.27 | Facility Unavailable |
| Nyc Suburbs/Long Island | Office $46.91 | Facility Unavailable |
| Ohio | Office $35.74 | Facility Unavailable |
| Oklahoma | Office $34.82 | Facility Unavailable |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | Office $45.82 | Facility Unavailable |
| Portland | Office $43.17 | Facility Unavailable |
| Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs | Office $42.87 | Facility Unavailable |
| Puerto Rico | Office $39.49 | Facility Unavailable |
| Queens | Office $46.37 | Facility Unavailable |
| Redding | Office $42.46 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of California | Office $42.46 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Florida | Office $37.72 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Georgia | Office $35.06 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Illinois | Office $36.11 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Louisiana | Office $34.63 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Maine | Office $35.75 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Maryland | Office $39.49 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Massachusetts | Office $40.98 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Michigan | Office $35.82 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Missouri | Office $33.76 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of New Jersey | Office $42.68 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of New York | Office $36.96 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Oregon | Office $38.73 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Pennsylvania | Office $35.89 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Texas | Office $37.06 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Washington | Office $40.96 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rhode Island | Office $40.27 | Facility Unavailable |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | Office $42.67 | Facility Unavailable |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom | Office $45.03 | Facility Unavailable |
| Salinas | Office $44.88 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad | Office $46.30 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty) | Office $54.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty) | Office $54.44 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty) | Office $55.75 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty) | Office $55.65 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles | Office $44.11 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville | Office $47.03 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara | Office $45.15 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma | Office $47.53 | Facility Unavailable |
| Seattle (King Cnty) | Office $47.68 | Facility Unavailable |
| South Carolina | Office $36.06 | Facility Unavailable |
| South Dakota** | Office $38.64 | Facility Unavailable |
| Southern Maine | Office $38.49 | Facility Unavailable |
| Stockton | Office $42.46 | Facility Unavailable |
| Suburban Chicago | Office $40.63 | Facility Unavailable |
| Tennessee | Office $35.27 | Facility Unavailable |
| Utah | Office $36.71 | Facility Unavailable |
| Vallejo | Office $50.93 | Facility Unavailable |
| Vermont | Office $38.36 | Facility Unavailable |
| Virgin Islands | Office $39.49 | Facility Unavailable |
| Virginia | Office $38.23 | Facility Unavailable |
| Visalia | Office $42.46 | Facility Unavailable |
| West Virginia | Office $34.34 | Facility Unavailable |
| Wisconsin | Office $37.00 | Facility Unavailable |
| Wyoming** | Office $38.91 | Facility Unavailable |
| Yuba City | Office $42.46 | Facility Unavailable |
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93017 billing questions
When should 93017 be used instead of 93015?
Use 93017 for the tracing portion when the stress-test services are split. Code 93015 represents the complete stress-test service, including supervision, tracing, interpretation, and report.
Does 93017 include supervision or interpretation?
No. It represents the ECG tracing portion; supervision is separately represented by 93016, and interpretation and report by 93018.
Can 93017 and 93018 be reported for the same stress test?
Yes, when the tracing and the interpretation and report are separately furnished and reported. The tracing record supports the separate professional interpretation.
Is 93017 only for treadmill testing?
No. The tracing may be obtained during treadmill or bicycle exercise stress testing and during a pharmacologic stress protocol.
How does the multiple procedure reduction affect 93017?
CMS applies the cardiovascular diagnostic multiple procedure reduction to the technical component when the reduction rules are triggered.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
11,93593010,,Electrocardiogram report,A,,0.17,0.07,,0.07,,0.01,0.25,0.25,2,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,93693015,,Cv stress test supvj i&r,A,,0.73,1.43,,1.43,NA,0.04,2.20,2.20,4,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,93793016,,Cv stress test supvj only,A,,0.44,0.17,,0.17,,0.01,0.62,0.62,2,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,93893017,,Cv stress test tracing only,A,,0.00,1.15,,1.15,NA,0.02,1.17,1.17,3,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,93993018,,Cv stress test i&r only,A,,0.29,0.11,,0.11,,0.01,0.41,0.41,2,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,94093024,,Ergonovine provocation test,A,,1.14,2.23,,2.23,NA,0.07,3.44,3.44,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,94193024,26,Ergonovine provocation test,A,,1.14,0.43,,0.43,,0.04,1.61,1.61,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00