{
    "code": "93308",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/93308/2018/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/93308/2018/B",
    "description": "An ultrasound of the heart taken through the chest wall that answers a narrower question than a full study does. Rather than imaging and measuring every chamber, valve, and wall segment, the sonographer records a focused set of views - to recheck fluid around the heart, take another look at pumping strength, or confirm something seen on an earlier complete exam. Same equipment and technique as a complete transthoracic echo, deliberately smaller in scope.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 93308 in Q2 2018?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $108.00 for CPT 93308 in the office (non-facility) setting and $108.00 in a facility under the Q2 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2018. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2018, when it decreased 14.8%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2018,
        "quarter": "B",
        "label": "Q2 2018",
        "effective": "April 1 – June 30, 2018",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 108,
        "facility": 108,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 0.53,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 2.44,
        "practice_expense_facility": 2.44,
        "malpractice": 0.03
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 35.9996,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q2 2018)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18b.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2018/B",
        "file": "PPRRVU18_APR.csv",
        "row": 15606,
        "sha256": "6a692625dad07579d7e9946e9b59265acc1cff8c6ed48d4391949735be04024b"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:08:19+00:00"
}