Billing code 93314: TEEMedicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $231.47 for 93314 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $205.24–$308.37.

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

What 93314 covers

This service covers obtaining transesophageal echocardiographic images and providing the interpretation and report, without the probe-placement service. A transesophageal study uses an ultrasound probe in the esophagus to assess cardiac structures; cardiologists commonly interpret these studies in hospital or other facility settings. The code fits the imaging-and-interpretation portion when probe placement is performed and reported separately, rather than a complete study that includes placement.

Report the service supported by the record: the acquired images, the physician’s interpretation, and a written report. Use modifier 26 for the professional interpretation component, modifier TC for the technical component, or no component modifier for the global service. The cardiovascular diagnostic multiple procedure reduction applies to the technical component. If probe placement and the imaging-and-interpretation work are reported separately, documentation should distinguish those services; a complete TEE including probe placement is represented by 93312.

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 93314 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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93314 rates by state

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

How the 93314 rate is calculated

Each of 93314’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 93314

The CMS indicators that decide how 93314 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

93314 compared with similar codes

How to choose

93312Transesophageal echo

Use 93312 for a complete TEE that includes probe placement, imaging, interpretation, and reporting. Use 93314 for the imaging-and-interpretation portion when placement is separate.

93313TEE probe placement

93313 reports probe placement only. It does not cover image acquisition or the physician’s interpretation and report.

93317Echo transesophageal

93317 is the imaging-and-interpretation code in the congenital-heart-disease TEE series; 93314 is the corresponding service for the standard TEE series.

93318Echo transesophageal intraop

93318 is used for intraoperative TEE monitoring. 93314 reports diagnostic TEE image acquisition and interpretation rather than monitoring during surgery.

Codes related to 93314

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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