$69.21–$77.83
Use 93288 for in-person interrogation and review of a pacemaker. Use 93279 when the service is a programming evaluation for a single-lead pacemaker.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
93288 Pacemaker interrogation Medicare reimbursement rates in Washington
Reports an in-person interrogation of a pacemaker or leadless pacemaker, including review of device data and heart rhythm by a qualified clinician. Compare 93288 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Washington.
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 93288 in Washington?
Washington 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
$57.63–$65.27
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
No 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 device evaluation
About 93288: In-person pacemaker interrogation
Reports an in-person interrogation of a pacemaker or leadless pacemaker, including review of device data and heart rhythm by a qualified clinician.
This service covers an in-person check of an implanted pacemaker, including a leadless pacemaker. Device-clinic staff or a clinician retrieves and reviews device information such as battery status, lead measurements when present, stored events, and rhythm data; a physician or other qualified health care professional analyzes the findings and reports them. It is commonly performed in a cardiology or electrophysiology office or device clinic during a scheduled device check or evaluation of a reported device concern.
Report the interrogation service for the in-person evaluation, rather than a programming evaluation such as 93279–93281 when the service involves programming. Documentation should identify the device and support the interrogation, data review, and clinician report. The service has professional and technical components: modifier 26 identifies the interpretation, modifier TC identifies equipment and staff, and an unmodified claim represents the global service. When multiple cardiovascular diagnostic procedures are performed, the multiple-procedure reduction applies to the technical component.
CMS billing rules for 93288
- Professional and technical components
- Diagnostic test with a professional component (modifier 26, interpretation) and a technical component (modifier TC, equipment and staff); billing without a modifier is the global service.
- Multiple procedures
- Cardiovascular diagnostic multiple procedure reduction applies to the technical component.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.42 · 25%
- Practice expense (office) RVU1.22 · 73%
- Malpractice RVU0.02 · 1%
143.6K
Medicare services in 2024 · #462 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.
93288 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Washington, from the same CMS release.
$81.26–$91.33
93288 reports interrogation; 93280 reports programming evaluation for a dual-lead pacemaker.
$73.55–$82.43
93288 is for pacemaker interrogation, including leadless pacemakers. 93289 is for in-person interrogation of an implantable defibrillator.
$29.77–$32.03
Both concern pacemaker interrogation, but 93288 is performed in person and 93294 reports remote interrogation.
Compare 93288 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 Washington →
Office / nonfacility
$57.63
Facility
Unavailable
Seattle (King Cnty) →
Office / nonfacility
$65.27
Facility
Unavailable
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93288 billing questions
How is 93288 different from 93279–93281?
93288 reports an in-person pacemaker interrogation and review. Codes 93279–93281 report programming evaluations, with the applicable code determined by the pacemaker configuration.
Does 93288 include leadless pacemakers?
Yes. The code covers in-person interrogation of a pacemaker system, including a leadless pacemaker.
Which modifier identifies the physician or QHP interpretation?
Use modifier 26 for the professional component. Modifier TC identifies the technical component; billing without either modifier represents the global service.
Does the multiple-procedure reduction affect both components?
The cardiovascular diagnostic multiple-procedure reduction applies to the technical component of 93288.
What should the record support?
Document the implanted pacemaker, the in-person interrogation and data reviewed, and the physician or QHP’s analysis and report.
Is 93288 the code for a remote pacemaker check?
No. 93288 is for an in-person evaluation; 93294 is the related remote interrogation code for a pacemaker or leadless pacemaker.
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.
12,01093287,,Peri-px device eval & prgr,A,,0.44,1.08,,1.08,NA,0.03,1.55,1.55,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,01193287,26,Peri-px device eval & prgr,A,,0.44,0.19,,0.19,,0.02,0.65,0.65,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,01293287,TC,Peri-px device eval & prgr,A,,0.00,0.89,,0.89,NA,0.01,0.90,0.90,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,01393288,,Interrog evl pm/ldls pm ip,A,,0.42,1.22,,1.22,NA,0.02,1.66,1.66,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,01493288,26,Interrog evl pm/ldls pm ip,A,,0.42,0.17,,0.17,,0.01,0.60,0.60,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,01593288,TC,Interrog evl pm/ldls pm ip,A,,0.00,1.05,,1.05,NA,0.01,1.06,1.06,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
12,01693289,,Interrog device eval heart,A,,0.73,1.36,,1.36,NA,0.04,2.13,2.13,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,6,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00