$260.40
93243 covers scanning analysis and reporting of the monitoring data. 93244 covers the clinician’s professional review and interpretation.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
93244 Extended ECG Medicare reimbursement rates in Colorado
Reports a physician or qualified health care professional’s review and interpretation of external ECG monitoring performed for more than 48 hours and less than 7 days. Compare 93244 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Colorado.
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 93244 in Colorado?
Colorado 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
$23.13
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Colorado
One mapped payment locality.
Facility setting
$23.13
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Colorado
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.
Cardiac monitoring
About 93244: Extended ECG interpretation, 48 hours to 7 days
Reports a physician or qualified health care professional’s review and interpretation of external ECG monitoring performed for more than 48 hours and less than 7 days.
Code 93244 covers the professional review and interpretation of data from an external ECG monitor worn for more than 48 hours and less than 7 days. A cardiologist or other qualified professional may interpret the recording when evaluating intermittent palpitations, suspected arrhythmia, or episodes such as unexplained syncope. The interpretation considers the recorded rhythm and may relate findings to the patient’s reported symptoms. This code represents the interpretive service, not the monitor placement or technical handling of the data.
Report 93244 when the professional interpretation and report are performed and documented. The record should support the monitoring period, the findings reviewed, and the clinician’s conclusions. CMS identifies this as a professional-component-only code; a separate code covers the technical portion, such as recording and analysis. Select the code family according to the monitoring duration, not simply the number of rhythm events or the time spent interpreting the results. The interpretation code does not by itself represent the complete technical service.
CMS billing rules for 93244
- Professional and technical components
- Professional-component-only code: interpretation and report; a separate code covers the technical portion.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.49 · 72%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.17 · 25%
- Malpractice RVU0.02 · 3%
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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.
93244 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Colorado, from the same CMS release.
$18.08
93227 is the interpretation code for external ECG monitoring lasting less than 48 hours. Use 93244 when monitoring exceeds 48 hours and is less than 7 days.
$25.17
93248 is for professional interpretation in the more-than-7-day monitoring family; 93244 is for monitoring more than 48 hours and less than 7 days.
$295.87
93241 represents the complete extended ECG service. Code 93244 reports only the professional interpretation when the service is billed by component.
Compare 93244 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.
1 of 1 payment localities
Colorado →
Office / nonfacility
$23.13
Facility
$23.13
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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 93244 in Colorado.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
11,967
- Code
- 93244
- Physician work
- 0.49
- Practice expense
- 0.17
- Malpractice
- 0.02
GPCI2026.csv
37
- Locality
- Colorado
- Physician work
- 1.012
- Practice expense
- 1.064
- Malpractice
- 0.781
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 0.49 | × 1.012 | 0.4959 |
| Practice expense | 0.17 | × 1.064 | 0.1809 |
| Malpractice | 0.02 | × 0.781 | 0.0156 |
| Total RVUs | 0.6924 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Office / nonfacility rate, Colorado$23.13
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Office / nonfacility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 0.49 | 1.012 |
| Practice expense | 0.17 | 1.064 |
| Malpractice | 0.02 | 0.781 |
(0.49 × 1.012 + 0.17 × 1.064 + 0.02 × 0.781) × $33.4009 = $23.13
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 0.49 | 1.012 |
| Practice expense | 0.17 | 1.064 |
| Malpractice | 0.02 | 0.781 |
(0.49 × 1.012 + 0.17 × 1.064 + 0.02 × 0.781) × $33.4009 = $23.13
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.
93244 billing questions
How is 93244 different from 93243?
93244 reports the professional review and interpretation. 93243 covers the scanning analysis and report, a technical service.
Can 93244 be reported with a technical code?
Yes. CMS identifies 93244 as professional-component-only, with a separate code covering the technical portion. Report the technical service that was actually performed and documented.
When should the 9324x family be selected?
Use this family for external ECG monitoring lasting more than 48 hours and less than 7 days. The monitoring duration distinguishes it from shorter and longer-duration families.
Does 93244 include the ECG recording?
No. It represents review and interpretation; a separate code covers the technical portion, including the recording service.
What documentation supports 93244?
Document the professional’s review of the monitoring data, the interpreted rhythm findings, and the resulting report or clinical conclusions.
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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11,96593242,,Ext ecg>48hr<7d recording,A,,0.00,0.34,,0.34,NA,0.01,0.35,0.35,3,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,01,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,96693243,,Ext ecg>48hr<7d scan a/r,A,,0.00,7.32,,7.32,NA,0.01,7.33,7.33,3,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,01,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,96793244,,Ext ecg>48hr<7d rev&interpj,A,,0.49,0.17,,0.17,,0.02,0.68,0.68,2,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,96893245,,Ext ecg>7d<15d rec scan a/r,A,,0.54,8.09,,8.09,NA,0.04,8.67,8.67,4,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,01,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,96993246,,Ext ecg>7d<15d recording,A,,0.00,0.34,,0.34,NA,0.01,0.35,0.35,3,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,01,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,97093247,,Ext ecg>7d<15d scan a/r,A,,0.00,7.57,,7.57,NA,0.01,7.58,7.58,3,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,01,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3401112,CA,69,VISALIA,1.017,1.096,0.536
3501112,CA,70,YUBA CITY,1.017,1.096,0.536
3601112,CA,75,REST OF CALIFORNIA,1.017,1.096,0.536
3704112,CO,01,COLORADO,1.012,1.064,0.781
3813102,CT,00,CONNECTICUT,1.020,1.077,1.210
3912202,DC,01,DC + MD/VA SUBURBS,1.054,1.178,1.113
4012102,DE,01,DELAWARE,1.005,0.988,0.899