$179.27
Use 93272 for interpretation alone. Code 93268 represents the complete external event-monitor service, including technical services and interpretation.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
93272 Event monitor Medicare reimbursement rates in Colorado
Physician review and interpretation of an external event-monitor recording, reported separately from the recording and technical analysis services. Compare 93272 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 93272 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
$24.16
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Colorado
One mapped payment locality.
Facility setting
$24.16
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 93272: External event monitor interpretation
Physician review and interpretation of an external event-monitor recording, reported separately from the recording and technical analysis services.
This service covers a physician’s review and interpretation of ECG recordings from an external event monitor, commonly used when intermittent palpitations, fainting, or suspected rhythm disturbances are not captured during a brief office ECG. Patients may trigger recordings when symptoms occur, and the monitoring period can extend up to 30 days. A cardiologist or another qualified clinician reviews the recorded data and prepares an interpretation and report.
Report 93272 for the professional interpretation, not for device placement, patient instruction, recording, or technical scanning and analysis. Documentation should identify the monitoring study, the recordings reviewed, and the clinician’s interpretation and conclusions. CMS classifies this as a professional-component-only code; a separate code covers the technical portion. When the complete event-monitor service is represented, code 93268 describes the combined service rather than interpretation alone.
CMS billing rules for 93272
- Professional and technical components
- Professional-component-only code: interpretation and report; a separate code covers the technical portion.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.51 · 72%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.18 · 25%
- Malpractice RVU0.02 · 3%
71.5K
Medicare services in 2024 · #663 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.
93272 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Colorado, from the same CMS release.
$8.79
93270 represents event-monitor recording activity, while 93272 represents the clinician’s review and interpretation.
$146.32
93271 covers technical transmission and scanning analysis with a report; 93272 covers the professional interpretation.
$74.04
93224 is for Holter monitoring, which records continuously; 93272 is for interpretation of external event-monitor recordings.
Compare 93272 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
$24.16
Facility
$24.16
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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 93272 in Colorado.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
11,982
- Code
- 93272
- Physician work
- 0.51
- Practice expense
- 0.18
- 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 | 0.51 | × 1.012 | 0.5161 |
| Practice expense | 0.18 | × 1.064 | 0.1915 |
| Malpractice | 0.02 | × 0.781 | 0.0156 |
| Total RVUs | 0.7233 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Office / nonfacility rate, Colorado$24.16
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Office / nonfacility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 0.51 | 1.012 |
| Practice expense | 0.18 | 1.064 |
| Malpractice | 0.02 | 0.781 |
(0.51 × 1.012 + 0.18 × 1.064 + 0.02 × 0.781) × $33.4009 = $24.16
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 0.51 | 1.012 |
| Practice expense | 0.18 | 1.064 |
| Malpractice | 0.02 | 0.781 |
(0.51 × 1.012 + 0.18 × 1.064 + 0.02 × 0.781) × $33.4009 = $24.16
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.
93272 billing questions
How does 93272 differ from 93268?
93272 represents the physician’s interpretation and report only. Code 93268 represents the complete external event-monitor service, including its technical work and professional interpretation.
Can 93272 be reported for the recording itself?
No. It covers interpretation and reporting; recording and technical analysis are represented separately.
What documentation supports 93272?
Keep the event-monitor study information, the recordings reviewed, and the clinician’s interpretation and conclusions in the record.
How is 93272 different from 93271?
93272 is the professional interpretation. Code 93271 represents technical transmission, scanning analysis, and reporting.
When might a biller compare 93272 with 93224?
Compare the monitoring method: 93272 is for interpretation of external event-monitor recordings, while 93224 is used for a Holter monitoring service.
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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11,98593278,TC,Ecg/signal-averaged,A,,0.00,0.61,,0.61,NA,0.01,0.62,0.62,1,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