Billing code 93355: TEE guidanceMedicare rate & RVUs in Florida
Real-time transesophageal echocardiography guides a transcatheter structural heart intervention and documents device position, anatomy, and procedural findings.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 93355 in Florida.
Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.
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What 93355 covers
During a transcatheter structural heart procedure, a cardiologist with echocardiography expertise uses an esophageal probe to guide device placement and assess the result in real time. Common settings include a catheterization laboratory or hybrid operating room for procedures such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement, transcatheter mitral repair, or left atrial appendage closure. The service includes image acquisition, interpretation, reporting, and real-time 3D imaging; it is not the catheter-based repair or implantation itself.
Report 93355 for TEE performed to guide the transcatheter intervention. Documentation should identify the intervention, describe the imaging used to guide it, and record relevant anatomy, device position, findings, and the interpretation. Distinguish procedural guidance from a diagnostic TEE performed to evaluate a clinical question and from TEE during open cardiac surgery. CMS physician fee schedule valuation includes physician work, practice expense, and malpractice RVUs.
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 93355 pays more and less in Florida
The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Lauderdale | Unavailable | $201.61 |
| Miami | Unavailable | $210.61 |
| Rest Of Florida | Unavailable | $196.49 |
How the 93355 rate is calculated
Each of 93355’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.
How the rate is built · 93355
RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor
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Work 4.54Practice expense 0.87Malpractice 0.34
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Payment rules and modifiers for 93355
93355 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.
Place of service · 93355
Which rate does Medicare pay?
The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).
Non-facility (office) rate · national
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93355 isn’t priced in this setting.
93355 compared with similar codes
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93355 vs 93312 vs 93318 vs 93306: national Medicare rates
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How to choose
- 93312Transesophageal echo
- 93312 describes a diagnostic TEE service. Use 93355 when TEE provides real-time guidance for a transcatheter structural intervention.
- 93318Echo transesophageal intraop
- 93318 is used for intraoperative TEE during surgery; 93355 is for guidance during a transcatheter structural intervention.
- 93306Echocardiogram (TTE)
- 93306 is a complete transthoracic echocardiogram. 93355 uses an esophageal probe to guide a transcatheter intervention in real time.
93355 billing questions
How does 93355 differ from 93312?
93355 is for real-time TEE guidance during a transcatheter structural intervention. 93312 describes a diagnostic TEE service rather than procedural guidance.
Does 93355 include the structural heart procedure?
No. It represents the TEE guidance service, not the valve repair, device closure, or other catheter-based intervention.
Is real-time 3D imaging part of 93355?
Yes. The service includes real-time 3D imaging, along with image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting.
What documentation supports reporting 93355?
Document the transcatheter intervention being guided, the imaging used during the procedure, relevant anatomy and device position, procedural findings, and the interpreting provider’s report.
How does 93355 differ from 93318?
93355 is for TEE guidance of a transcatheter intracardiac or great-vessel structural intervention. 93318 is associated with intraoperative TEE during surgery.
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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