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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

93015 in Austin

Office / nonfacility

$76.15

Base rate per service

Facility setting

Not available in this setting

Base rate per service

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.

Cardiovascular diagnostics

About 93015: Complete cardiovascular stress test with supervision and report

Report the complete exercise or pharmacologic cardiovascular stress test when one billing entity furnishes supervision, ECG tracing, and interpretation with a report.

This service is a cardiovascular stress test, commonly performed on a treadmill using a graded protocol, on a bicycle ergometer, or with a pharmacologic agent when exercise is unsuitable. ECG activity is recorded during stress and recovery while heart rate, blood pressure, symptoms, and arrhythmias are assessed. A physician or other qualified health care professional supervises the test, and a clinician interprets the results and prepares a report. The complete service is commonly furnished in cardiology offices and outpatient clinics with testing staff and equipment.

Report 93015 when one billing entity furnishes supervision, tracing, and interpretation with a report. It is a global-test-only code; use the separate component codes when entities split the work rather than appending modifier 26 or TC. Documentation should identify the exercise protocol or pharmacologic agent, workload or administered dose as appropriate, heart rate and blood pressure response, symptoms, ECG findings, reason for stopping, and signed interpretation. When multiple eligible cardiovascular diagnostic services are furnished for the same patient on the same date, the CMS multiple procedure reduction affects the technical component of the lower-ranked service or services.

CMS billing rules for 93015

Professional and technical components
Global-test-only code: separate codes describe the professional and technical components.
Multiple procedures
Cardiovascular diagnostic multiple procedure reduction applies to the technical component.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU0.73 · 33%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU1.43 · 65%
  • Malpractice RVU0.04 · 2%

795.4K

Medicare services in 2024 · #169 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.

93015 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Austin, from the same CMS release.

93016

Stress test supervision

Supervision without tracing or interpretation

$21.03

Use 93016 for supervision alone when the complete service is split. Use 93015 when one billing entity furnishes supervision, tracing, and interpretation with a report.

93018

Stress test interpretation

Interpretation and report only

$13.89

93018 covers interpretation and reporting of the stress test alone, such as a clinician reading a hospital test. 93015 covers the complete service furnished by one billing entity.

93351

Stress echocardiogram

ECG monitoring included

$243.24

93351 includes stress echocardiography and the associated stress-test supervision, ECG monitoring, and interpretation; do not add 93015 for that work. Use 93015 for a complete stress test without bundled echocardiographic imaging, including one performed with separately reported nuclear imaging.

93000

Electrocardiogram (ECG)

Complete: tracing plus interpretation

$15.82

93000 is a resting 12-lead ECG with interpretation. Baseline and monitoring ECG recordings performed as part of the stress test are included in 93015.

The same code, a different location

How does Austin compare?

In Beaumont, the office rate for 93015 is $69.09—$7.06 lower than the $76.15 rate in Austin. Both use the same code, release and participation basis.

93015 across payment areas

Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0

  1. Austin · This locality

    $76.15

  2. Beaumont

    $69.09

    $7.06 lower than Austin

  3. Brazoria

    $72.95

    $3.20 lower than Austin

  4. Dallas

    $73.32

    $2.83 lower than Austin

  5. Fort Worth

    $72.86

    $3.29 lower than Austin

  6. Galveston

    $73.11

    $3.04 lower than Austin

  7. Houston

    $73.85

    $2.30 lower than Austin

Other payment areas listed in Texas appear first, followed by selected cross-country examples. The chart compares amounts, not distance.

Across 109 of 109 CMS payment localities with a supported office rate, 93015 ranges from $66.10 in Arkansas to $96.66 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty). This is a geographic range, not an average.

The code’s RVUs stay the same in these comparisons. Geographic adjustments to work, practice expense and malpractice change the dollar amount. A city name alone may not identify the payment area for a service address.

Compare all 108 other payment areas

  • Rest Of Texas

    Texas · 93015

    Office

    $70.92

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.23 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty)

    California · 93015

    Office

    $82.77

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.62 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

    District of Columbia · 93015

    Office

    $83.45

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.30 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Miami

    Florida · 93015

    Office

    $77.48

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.33 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Chicago

    Illinois · 93015

    Office

    $75.62

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.53 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Manhattan

    New York · 93015

    Office

    $83.56

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.41 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Alaska*

    Alaska · 93015

    Office

    $88.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.03 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Alabama

    Alabama · 93015

    Office

    $66.93

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.22 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Arkansas

    Arkansas · 93015

    Office

    $66.10

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.05 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Arizona

    Arizona · 93015

    Office

    $71.81

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.34 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Bakersfield

    California · 93015

    Office

    $78.01

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.86 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Chico

    California · 93015

    Office

    $77.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.71 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • El Centro

    California · 93015

    Office

    $77.87

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.72 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Fresno

    California · 93015

    Office

    $77.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.71 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Hanford-Corcoran

    California · 93015

    Office

    $77.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.71 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Madera

    California · 93015

    Office

    $77.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.71 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Merced

    California · 93015

    Office

    $77.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.71 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Modesto

    California · 93015

    Office

    $77.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.71 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Napa

    California · 93015

    Office

    $89.55

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.40 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

    California · 93015

    Office

    $82.35

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.20 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Redding

    California · 93015

    Office

    $77.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.71 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of California

    California · 93015

    Office

    $77.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.71 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

    California · 93015

    Office

    $78.31

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.16 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

    California · 93015

    Office

    $81.53

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.38 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Salinas

    California · 93015

    Office

    $81.21

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.06 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

    California · 93015

    Office

    $82.96

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.81 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)

    California · 93015

    Office

    $94.66

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.51 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)

    California · 93015

    Office

    $94.61

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.46 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)

    California · 93015

    Office

    $96.66

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $20.51 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)

    California · 93015

    Office

    $96.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $20.32 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

    California · 93015

    Office

    $79.92

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.77 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville

    California · 93015

    Office

    $83.64

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.49 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

    California · 93015

    Office

    $81.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.32 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma

    California · 93015

    Office

    $84.48

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.33 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Stockton

    California · 93015

    Office

    $77.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.71 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Vallejo

    California · 93015

    Office

    $89.48

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.33 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Visalia

    California · 93015

    Office

    $77.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.71 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Yuba City

    California · 93015

    Office

    $77.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.71 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Colorado

    Colorado · 93015

    Office

    $76.54

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.39 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut · 93015

    Office

    $77.93

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.78 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Delaware

    Delaware · 93015

    Office

    $72.90

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.25 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Fort Lauderdale

    Florida · 93015

    Office

    $75.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.97 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Florida

    Florida · 93015

    Office

    $72.05

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.10 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Atlanta

    Georgia · 93015

    Office

    $74.59

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.56 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Georgia

    Georgia · 93015

    Office

    $68.58

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.57 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Hawaii, Guam

    Hawaii · 93015

    Office

    $79.46

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.31 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Iowa

    Iowa · 93015

    Office

    $68.62

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.53 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Idaho

    Idaho · 93015

    Office

    $68.96

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.19 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • East St. Louis

    Illinois · 93015

    Office

    $71.02

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.13 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Illinois

    Illinois · 93015

    Office

    $70.08

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.07 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Suburban Chicago

    Illinois · 93015

    Office

    $75.97

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.18 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Indiana

    Indiana · 93015

    Office

    $69.31

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.84 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Kansas

    Kansas · 93015

    Office

    $68.23

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.92 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Kentucky

    Kentucky · 93015

    Office

    $68.07

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.08 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • New Orleans

    Louisiana · 93015

    Office

    $70.85

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.30 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Louisiana

    Louisiana · 93015

    Office

    $67.93

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.22 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Boston

    Massachusetts · 93015

    Office

    $83.60

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.45 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Massachusetts

    Massachusetts · 93015

    Office

    $76.13

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.02 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Baltimore/Surr. Cntys

    Maryland · 93015

    Office

    $77.68

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.53 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maryland

    Maryland · 93015

    Office

    $74.19

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.96 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maine

    Maine · 93015

    Office

    $69.16

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.99 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Southern Maine

    Maine · 93015

    Office

    $72.56

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.59 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Detroit

    Michigan · 93015

    Office

    $72.73

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.42 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Michigan

    Michigan · 93015

    Office

    $69.50

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.65 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Minnesota

    Minnesota · 93015

    Office

    $73.93

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.22 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Kansas City

    Missouri · 93015

    Office

    $70.54

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.61 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan St. Louis

    Missouri · 93015

    Office

    $71.19

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.96 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Missouri

    Missouri · 93015

    Office

    $66.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.29 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi · 93015

    Office

    $66.49

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.66 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Montana**

    Montana · 93015

    Office

    $73.48

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.67 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • North Carolina

    North Carolina · 93015

    Office

    $69.80

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.35 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • North Dakota**

    North Dakota · 93015

    Office

    $72.69

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.46 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Nebraska

    Nebraska · 93015

    Office

    $68.97

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.18 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire · 93015

    Office

    $75.27

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.88 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Northern Nj

    New Jersey · 93015

    Office

    $82.75

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.60 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New Jersey

    New Jersey · 93015

    Office

    $78.98

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.83 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • New Mexico

    New Mexico · 93015

    Office

    $69.79

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.36 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Nevada**

    Nevada · 93015

    Office

    $73.31

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.84 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Nyc Suburbs/Long Island

    New York · 93015

    Office

    $85.21

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.06 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs

    New York · 93015

    Office

    $79.40

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.25 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Queens

    New York · 93015

    Office

    $84.33

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.18 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New York

    New York · 93015

    Office

    $70.70

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.45 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Ohio

    Ohio · 93015

    Office

    $69.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.81 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Oklahoma

    Oklahoma · 93015

    Office

    $68.07

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.08 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Portland

    Oregon · 93015

    Office

    $78.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.68 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Oregon

    Oregon · 93015

    Office

    $72.89

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.26 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Philadelphia

    Pennsylvania · 93015

    Office

    $76.14

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.01 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania · 93015

    Office

    $69.49

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.66 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico · 93015

    Office

    $73.99

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.16 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island · 93015

    Office

    $75.38

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.77 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • South Carolina

    South Carolina · 93015

    Office

    $69.65

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.50 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • South Dakota**

    South Dakota · 93015

    Office

    $72.59

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.56 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Tennessee

    Tennessee · 93015

    Office

    $68.52

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.63 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Utah

    Utah · 93015

    Office

    $70.48

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.67 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Virginia

    Virginia · 93015

    Office

    $72.28

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.87 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Virgin Islands

    United States Virgin Islands · 93015

    Office

    $73.99

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.16 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Vermont

    Vermont · 93015

    Office

    $72.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.81 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Washington

    Washington · 93015

    Office

    $76.01

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.14 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Seattle (King Cnty)

    Washington · 93015

    Office

    $85.30

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.15 higher than Austin for the office setting.

  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin · 93015

    Office

    $70.55

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.60 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • West Virginia

    West Virginia · 93015

    Office

    $67.80

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.35 lower than Austin for the office setting.

  • Wyoming**

    Wyoming · 93015

    Office

    $73.13

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.02 lower than Austin for the office setting.

See how rates vary across the country

93015 · 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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$66.10

$88.18

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State / territoryRate rangeLocalities
AK$88.181
AL$66.931
AR$66.101
AZ$71.811
CA$77.86–$96.6629
CO$76.541
CT$77.931
DC$83.451
DE$72.901
FL$72.05–$77.483
GA$68.58–$74.592
GU$79.461
HI$79.461
IA$68.621
ID$68.961
IL$70.08–$75.974
IN$69.311
KS$68.231
KY$68.071
LA$67.93–$70.852
MA$76.13–$83.602
MD$74.19–$83.453
ME$69.16–$72.562
MI$69.50–$72.732
MN$73.931
MO$66.86–$71.193
MS$66.491
MT$73.481
NC$69.801
ND$72.691
NE$68.971
NH$75.271
NJ$78.98–$82.752
NM$69.791
NV$73.311
NY$70.70–$85.215
OH$69.341
OK$68.071
OR$72.89–$78.832
PA$69.49–$76.142
PR$73.991
RI$75.381
SC$69.651
SD$72.591
TN$68.521
TX$69.09–$76.158
UT$70.481
VA$72.28–$83.452
VI$73.991
VT$72.341
WA$76.01–$85.302
WI$70.551
WV$67.801
WY$73.131

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Reference amount per service

$83.77

$76.15 × 110% = $83.77

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How this local rate is calculated

Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 93015 in Austin.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

11,936

Code
93015
Physician work
0.73
Practice expense
1.43
Malpractice
0.04

GPCI2026.csv

96

Locality
Austin
Physician work
1.002
Practice expense
1.058
Malpractice
0.886
Office / nonfacility calculation for 93015 in Austin
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work0.73× 1.0020.7315
Practice expense1.43× 1.0581.5129
Malpractice0.04× 0.8860.0354
Total RVUs2.2798
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Austin$76.15

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Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work0.731.002
Practice expense1.431.058
Malpractice0.040.886

(0.73 × 1.002 + 1.43 × 1.058 + 0.04 × 0.886) × $33.4009 = $76.15

The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.

How this rate has changed

93015 · Office / nonfacility

$76.15

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $3.34 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $72.81 to $76.15 (4.6%).

It is unchanged from the immediately preceding available release, effective 2026-07-01.

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One bar per available release, ordered by effective date. Missing rates remain gaps. These comparisons hold the code, setting and locality identifiers constant; they do not isolate which policy or input caused a change.

What changed, release by release

  1. January 1, 2026

    RVU26A

    $72.81changed to$76.15

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Work RVU 0.75 changed to 0.73
    • Practice expense RVU 1.40 changed to 1.43
    • Work GPCI 1.000 changed to 1.002
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.046 changed to 1.058
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.914 changed to 0.886

    Held through RVU26B, RVU26C, RVU26D.

  2. January 1, 2025

    RVU25A

    Earliest loaded release: $72.81

    Held through RVU25B, RVU25C, RVU25D.

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Effective fromOffice / nonfacilityFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01$76.15Not available in this settingRVU26D
2026-07-01$76.15Not available in this settingRVU26C
2026-04-01$76.15Not available in this settingRVU26B
2026-01-01$76.15Not available in this settingRVU26A
2025-10-01$72.81Not available in this settingRVU25D
2025-07-01$72.81Not available in this settingRVU25C
2025-04-01$72.81Not available in this settingRVU25B
2025-01-01$72.81Not available in this settingRVU25A

93015 billing questions

Can modifier 26 or TC be appended to this code?

No. 93015 is a global-test-only code. CMS assigns separate codes for supervision, tracing, and interpretation with report when the work is split.

When should the component codes be used instead?

Use them when different entities furnish parts of the test. For example, a hospital outpatient department may report the tracing while a clinician reports supervision and interpretation using the applicable component codes.

Is the stress portion of a nuclear perfusion study reported with this code?

Yes, when the same billing entity furnishes the complete stress test. Myocardial perfusion imaging is reported separately; use stress-test component codes instead if the stress-test work is split.

Can a resting 12-lead ECG be billed separately on the same day?

Baseline and monitoring ECG recordings that are part of the stress test are included. A distinct, medically necessary resting 12-lead ECG may be reported separately when its separate indication and interpretation are documented.

Is the pharmacologic stress agent included?

The stress-test code describes the testing service, not the drug supply. When separately reportable, the entity supplying an agent such as regadenoson uses its applicable HCPCS code and units based on the administered dose.

How does the multiple procedure reduction affect this code?

When the same patient receives multiple eligible cardiovascular diagnostic services on the same date from the same physician or group, CMS applies the reduction to the technical component of the lower-ranked service or services. The professional component is not reduced under this rule.

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.

RVUs for 93015PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 11,936 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for AustinGPCI2026.csv, line 96 (RVU26D)
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