$225.32–$236.80
Choose 93312 when the reported service includes probe placement, image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting; 93313 is limited to placement.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
93313 TEE probe placement Medicare reimbursement rates in Maine
Reports placement of a transesophageal echocardiography probe when the placing clinician performs that service separately from image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting. Compare 93313 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 93313 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
$9.99–$10.10
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.
Echocardiography
About 93313: Transesophageal echo probe placement
Reports placement of a transesophageal echocardiography probe when the placing clinician performs that service separately from image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting.
This code represents placing a transesophageal echocardiography probe, without the image acquisition, interpretation, or report. It is commonly relevant in an operating room when a clinician places the probe for intraoperative TEE and a different clinician performs and reports the imaging service. The probe passes through the esophagus to provide access for cardiac ultrasound views; placement alone is the work represented here, not ongoing image interpretation or monitoring.
Choose 93313 when the documented service is limited to probe placement. The record should identify the clinician who placed the probe and support that this service was separate from the TEE imaging and interpretation. When one clinician performs and reports the complete TEE service, 93312 includes probe placement. When the imaging service is separately reported, 93314 describes image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting without probe placement. Code 93318 instead describes intraoperative TEE monitoring, rather than placement alone.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.25 · 81%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.04 · 13%
- Malpractice RVU0.02 · 6%
14.7K
Medicare services in 2024 · #1263 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.
93313 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Maine, from the same CMS release.
$215.97–$227.76
93314 covers image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting without probe placement. It may be reported with 93313 when the services are separately performed.
93318
No office rateEcho transesophageal intraop
93318 describes intraoperative TEE monitoring with ongoing image acquisition and interpretation; 93313 describes probe placement alone.
No office rate
93316 is the probe-placement-only code for congenital TEE; 93313 is the corresponding placement service outside that congenital code family.
Compare 93313 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
$9.99
Southern Maine →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$10.10
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93313 billing questions
How does 93313 differ from 93312?
93313 covers probe placement alone. Code 93312 covers a complete TEE service that includes probe placement, image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting.
Can 93313 be reported with 93314?
Yes, when probe placement and the separately reported image acquisition, interpretation, and report are performed as distinct services. The documentation should support each clinician's work.
Does 93313 include interpretation of the TEE images?
No. Image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting without probe placement are represented by 93314.
What documentation supports 93313?
Document the probe placement, the clinician who performed it, and how the service was separate from the TEE imaging and interpretation. A complete TEE report alone does not establish a separately performed placement service.
When is 93318 a better fit?
Use 93318 for intraoperative TEE monitoring with ongoing image acquisition and interpretation. Code 93313 represents probe placement alone.
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.
12,05593312,,Echo transesophageal,A,,2.24,4.83,,4.83,NA,0.10,7.17,7.17,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,17.43,17.43,0.20
12,05693312,26,Echo transesophageal,A,,2.24,0.84,,0.84,,0.07,3.15,3.15,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,05793312,TC,Echo transesophageal,A,,0.00,3.99,,3.99,NA,0.03,4.02,4.02,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,03,0,99,16.59,16.59,0.13
12,05893313,,Echo transesophageal,A,,0.25,0.04,NA,0.04,,0.02,0.31,0.31,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,03,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,05993314,,Echo transesophageal,A,,1.80,4.95,,4.95,NA,0.18,6.93,6.93,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,06093314,26,Echo transesophageal,A,,1.80,0.70,,0.70,,0.15,2.65,2.65,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,06193314,TC,Echo transesophageal,A,,0.00,4.25,,4.25,NA,0.03,4.28,4.28,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,03,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00