$145.99–$152.04
92960 describes external cardioversion using chest pads. Use 92961 when the shock is delivered through an internal electrode.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
92961 Cardioversion Medicare reimbursement rates in Maine
Reports synchronized electrical cardioversion delivered through intracardiac electrodes to treat an arrhythmia, rather than through external chest pads. Compare 92961 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Maine.
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 92961 in Maine?
Maine 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.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$199.75–$202.98
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
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.
Cardiology
About 92961: Internal electrical cardioversion
Reports synchronized electrical cardioversion delivered through intracardiac electrodes to treat an arrhythmia, rather than through external chest pads.
This service uses an internally placed electrode, such as a catheter electrode, to deliver a synchronized electrical shock intended to restore a normal rhythm. Cardiologists and electrophysiologists typically perform it in a cardiac catheterization or electrophysiology laboratory. It may be used for atrial fibrillation or another arrhythmia when the internal method is selected, including situations where external cardioversion has not restored the rhythm.
Report 92961 for the internal electrical method; external shocks delivered through chest pads are reported with 92960 instead. Documentation should identify the arrhythmia, the internal electrode method, the cardioversion performed, and the rhythm response. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included in the procedure payment. The code does not carry a longer postoperative care period.
CMS billing rules for 92961
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
- Assistant at surgery
- The assistant-at-surgery concept does not apply.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not applicable.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not applicable.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU4.23 · 66%
- Practice expense (office) RVU1.24 · 19%
- Malpractice RVU0.98 · 15%
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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.
92961 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Maine, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
93656 reports catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Cardioversion restores rhythm with a shock; it is not the ablation service.
93620
No office rateComp ep evl r at ven pac&rec
93620 describes a comprehensive electrophysiology evaluation. It is diagnostic testing, whereas 92961 reports the internal electrical cardioversion.
Compare 92961 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.
2 of 2 payment localities
Rest Of Maine →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$199.75
Southern Maine →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$202.98
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92961 billing questions
Should each shock be reported as a separate unit?
Do not count individual shocks as separate services. Document the cardioversion session and the method used.
What documentation supports 92961?
Record the arrhythmia treated, use of an internal electrode, the cardioversion performed, and the resulting rhythm or response.
Is same-day preoperative or postoperative care included?
Yes. CMS assigns this minor procedure a 0-day global period, which includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care.
Can 92961 be reported with an atrial fibrillation ablation?
An internal cardioversion may occur during an electrophysiology encounter that also includes ablation. Report each service only when the documentation supports that it was performed.
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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