$43.80–$49.95
Report 93569 when the catheter is selectively positioned for unilateral pulmonary arterial imaging. Report 93568 for a nonselective pulmonary artery injection.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
93569 Pulmonary angiography Medicare reimbursement rates in Virginia
Reports selective contrast angiography of one pulmonary artery side during cardiac catheterization to evaluate branch anatomy, narrowing, or other abnormalities. Compare 93569 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Virginia.
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 93569 in Virginia?
Virginia 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
$36.32–$40.40
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
$31.72–$34.89
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.
Cardiac catheterization
About 93569: Unilateral selective pulmonary angiography
Reports selective contrast angiography of one pulmonary artery side during cardiac catheterization to evaluate branch anatomy, narrowing, or other abnormalities.
During cardiac catheterization, the operator selectively positions a catheter in a pulmonary artery and injects contrast to image one side of the pulmonary arterial circulation. The study can help define branch anatomy or assess suspected narrowing, obstruction, or postsurgical anatomy. An interventional cardiologist typically performs and interprets it in a catheterization laboratory. Selective branch placement distinguishes this service from a nonselective pulmonary artery injection.
Report 93569 only with an eligible primary cardiac catheterization procedure; it is an add-on code, not a standalone service. Document the catheter position, side studied, contrast injection, images, clinical indication, and interpretation. Use 93573 for selective bilateral pulmonary arterial angiography and 93568 for nonselective pulmonary artery angiography. The angiographic imaging, supervision, interpretation, and report are part of this service. CMS pays the add-on within the primary procedure's global period.
CMS billing rules for 93569
- 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 RVU0.76 · 68%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.29 · 26%
- Malpractice RVU0.06 · 5%
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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.
93569 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Virginia, from the same CMS release.
$60.07–$66.57
93573 describes selective bilateral pulmonary arterial angiography; 93569 describes the unilateral study.
$65.96–$73.09
93574 is for selective pulmonary venous angiography. 93569 is for selective pulmonary arterial angiography on one side.
Compare 93569 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
Dc + Md/Va Suburbs →
Office / nonfacility
$40.40
Facility
$34.89
Virginia →
Office / nonfacility
$36.32
Facility
$31.72
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93569 billing questions
How does 93569 differ from 93568?
93569 describes selective catheter placement for unilateral pulmonary arterial angiography. 93568 is for nonselective pulmonary artery angiography.
When should 93573 be reported instead?
Use 93573 for selective pulmonary arterial angiography performed bilaterally. 93569 identifies a unilateral study.
Can 93569 be billed by itself?
No. It is an add-on code and must be reported with an eligible primary cardiac catheterization procedure.
What documentation supports 93569?
Document selective catheter placement in the pulmonary artery, the side examined, contrast injection and imaging, the reason for the study, and the interpretation.
Is the angiogram interpretation separately reported?
The imaging supervision, interpretation, and report are included in 93569; they are not separate services represented by this add-on.
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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