93315
No office rateEcho transesophageal
93315 covers the complete congenital TEE service. Use 93316 when the documented service is probe placement alone.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
93316 TEE probe placement Medicare reimbursement rates in Alabama
Reports transesophageal probe placement for congenital heart evaluation when the clinician placing the probe does not perform the imaging interpretation and report. Compare 93316 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Alabama.
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 93316 in Alabama?
Alabama has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$23.28
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Alabama
One mapped payment locality.
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.
Echocardiography
About 93316: Congenital TEE probe placement only
Reports transesophageal probe placement for congenital heart evaluation when the clinician placing the probe does not perform the imaging interpretation and report.
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; the code’s payment facts list no special payment rule.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.59 · 81%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.09 · 12%
- Malpractice RVU0.05 · 7%
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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.
93316 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Alabama, from the same CMS release.
93317
No office rateEcho transesophageal
93317 covers image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting for congenital TEE; 93316 covers probe placement.
No office rate
93313 is probe placement alone for TEE outside the congenital cardiac code pathway. For congenital cardiac evaluation, use 93316.
93318
No office rateEcho transesophageal intraop
93318 describes intraoperative TEE monitoring for ongoing assessment, not probe placement alone for a congenital diagnostic study.
Compare 93316 by payment locality
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1 of 1 payment localities
Alabama →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$23.28
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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 93316 in Alabama.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
12,065
- Code
- 93316
- Physician work
- 0.59
- Practice expense
- 0.09
- Malpractice
- 0.05
GPCI2026.csv
4
- Locality
- Alabama
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 0.875
- Malpractice
- 0.566
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 0.59 | × 1.000 | 0.5900 |
| Practice expense | 0.09 | × 0.875 | 0.0788 |
| Malpractice | 0.05 | × 0.566 | 0.0283 |
| Total RVUs | 0.6970 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Alabama$23.28
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 0.59 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 0.09 | 0.875 |
| Malpractice | 0.05 | 0.566 |
(0.59 × 1 + 0.09 × 0.875 + 0.05 × 0.566) × $33.4009 = $23.28
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.
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 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.
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12,06393315,26,Echo transesophageal,A,,2.62,1.00,,1.00,,0.08,3.70,3.70,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
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12,06693317,,Echo transesophageal,C,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,NA,0.00,0.00,0.00,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,06793317,26,Echo transesophageal,A,,1.79,0.70,,0.70,,0.08,2.57,2.57,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,06893317,TC,Echo transesophageal,C,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,NA,0.00,0.00,0.00,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,03,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1ADDENDUM E. FINAL CY 2026 GEOGRAPHIC PRACTICE COST INDICES (GPCIs) BY STATE AND MEDICARE LOCALITY,,,,,,
2,,,,,,
3Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC),State,Locality Number,Locality Name,2026 PW GPCI (with 1.0 Floor)***,2026 PE GPCI,2026 MP GPCI
410112,AL,00,ALABAMA,1.000,0.875,0.566
502102,AK,01,ALASKA*,1.500,1.065,0.551
603102,AZ,00,ARIZONA,1.000,0.969,0.856
707102,AR,13,ARKANSAS,1.000,0.859,0.515