Echo transesophageal intraop
93318 describes TEE performed for monitoring. G9157 specifically represents the professional interpretation and report for transesophageal Doppler cardiac monitoring.
CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
Reports the physician’s interpretation of transesophageal Doppler cardiac monitoring used to assess hemodynamic flow during a monitored clinical episode. Compare G9157 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Georgia.
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Georgia has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
No supported rate
$88.51–$90.11
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
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Cardiology
Reports the physician’s interpretation of transesophageal Doppler cardiac monitoring used to assess hemodynamic flow during a monitored clinical episode.
Transesophageal Doppler monitoring uses an esophageal probe to obtain blood-flow information that helps assess cardiac output and hemodynamic response. G9157 represents the physician’s interpretation and report, rather than probe placement or the technical work of acquiring the monitoring data. It may be performed in settings such as an operating room or intensive care unit when clinicians are monitoring a patient’s hemodynamics. The interpreting professional reviews the acquired data and documents the findings in a report.
Report G9157 for the professional interpretation and report when this monitoring service is performed. The record should identify the monitoring service and include the interpretation and resulting report. CMS identifies G9157 as professional-component-only; the technical portion is covered by a separate code. Do not treat G9157 as the complete technical and professional service or report it as a diagnostic TEE solely because an esophageal probe is used. Distinguish hemodynamic monitoring from an examination performed to evaluate cardiac structures or function.
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.
Office rates for Georgia, from the same CMS release.
Echo transesophageal intraop
93318 describes TEE performed for monitoring. G9157 specifically represents the professional interpretation and report for transesophageal Doppler cardiac monitoring.
93312 is for diagnostic TEE, not hemodynamic monitoring. Choose based on the service’s purpose and the work performed.
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2 of 2 payment localities
Office / nonfacility
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Facility
$90.11
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$88.51
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No. G9157 represents the professional interpretation and report; a separate code covers the technical portion.
It describes interpretation of transesophageal Doppler cardiac monitoring. A diagnostic TEE is selected when the service evaluates cardiac structures or function rather than monitoring hemodynamic flow.
G9157 is identified as a professional-component-only code, so it already represents the interpretation and report rather than the global service.
Document the monitoring service, the physician’s interpretation of the acquired data, and the resulting report.
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.