$35.83
93569 is for selective pulmonary angiography on one side. Use 93568 when the pulmonary artery injection is nonselective.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
93568 Pulmonary angiography Medicare reimbursement rates in Kentucky
Reports nonselective contrast angiography of the pulmonary artery performed during cardiac catheterization to assess pulmonary arterial anatomy. Compare 93568 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Kentucky.
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 93568 in Kentucky?
Kentucky 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
$44.02
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Kentucky
One mapped payment locality.
Facility setting
$39.27
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Kentucky
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 catheterization
About 93568: Nonselective pulmonary artery angiography
Reports nonselective contrast angiography of the pulmonary artery performed during cardiac catheterization to assess pulmonary arterial anatomy.
During cardiac catheterization, the physician injects contrast into the main pulmonary artery or a right or left pulmonary artery without selectively catheterizing a more distal branch. The resulting images document pulmonary arterial anatomy and are interpreted as part of the angiographic service. Cardiologists most often perform this in a hospital catheterization laboratory when pulmonary artery anatomy needs evaluation alongside hemodynamic or other cardiac catheterization findings.
Report 93568 only as an add-on with an eligible primary catheterization procedure, not as a stand-alone service. The record should identify the pulmonary artery injection site and include the angiographic images and interpretation supporting the nonselective study. Distinguish this service from selective pulmonary angiography, which involves selective catheter placement. CMS pays this add-on within the primary procedure's global period; it is not separately paid outside that period.
CMS billing rules for 93568
- Global period
- Add-on code: billed only together with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.86 · 63%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.33 · 24%
- Malpractice RVU0.18 · 13%
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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.
93568 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Kentucky, from the same CMS release.
$59.12
93573 describes selective pulmonary angiography on both sides; 93568 describes nonselective pulmonary artery angiography.
$64.95
93574 concerns pulmonary venous angiography. 93568 is for pulmonary arterial angiography.
$35.32
93567 reports supravalvular aortography, not pulmonary artery angiography.
Compare 93568 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
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Office / nonfacility
$44.02
Facility
$39.27
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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 93568 in Kentucky.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
12,138
- Code
- 93568
- Physician work
- 0.86
- Practice expense
- 0.33
- Malpractice
- 0.18
GPCI2026.csv
55
- Locality
- Kentucky
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 0.889
- Malpractice
- 0.915
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 0.86 | × 1.000 | 0.8600 |
| Practice expense | 0.33 | × 0.889 | 0.2934 |
| Malpractice | 0.18 | × 0.915 | 0.1647 |
| Total RVUs | 1.3181 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Office / nonfacility rate, Kentucky$44.02
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Office / nonfacility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 0.86 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 0.33 | 0.889 |
| Malpractice | 0.18 | 0.915 |
(0.86 × 1 + 0.33 × 0.889 + 0.18 × 0.915) × $33.4009 = $44.02
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 0.86 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 0.17 | 0.889 |
| Malpractice | 0.18 | 0.915 |
(0.86 × 1 + 0.17 × 0.889 + 0.18 × 0.915) × $33.4009 = $39.27
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.
93568 billing questions
How does 93568 differ from selective pulmonary angiography?
93568 describes a nonselective injection into the main or right or left pulmonary artery. Selective pulmonary angiography uses catheter placement into a selected pulmonary artery.
Can 93568 be billed by itself?
No. It is an add-on and must be reported with an eligible primary cardiac catheterization procedure.
What documentation supports 93568?
Document the pulmonary artery injection site, the angiographic images, and the physician's interpretation. The record should support that the study was nonselective.
Is 93568 paid separately from the primary catheterization?
CMS pays it within the primary procedure's global period. It cannot be reported as a stand-alone service outside that primary procedure.
Should 93568 be selected for pulmonary venous imaging?
No. 93568 concerns pulmonary arterial angiography; pulmonary venous angiography is a different 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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