{
    "code": "93312",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/93312/2018/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/93312/2018/A",
    "description": "An ultrasound of the heart taken from inside the swallowing tube, which runs directly behind the heart. Under sedation, a thin flexible probe is passed through the mouth and down the throat, giving far sharper views of the valves, the upper chambers, and any clot or growth than scanning through the ribs and lung can achieve. This version covers the entire service by one physician: placing the probe, capturing the images, and interpreting them in a written report.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 93312 in Q1 2018?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $253.08 for CPT 93312 in the office (non-facility) setting and $253.08 in a facility under the Q1 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2018. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This is a 1.3% increase from the previous quarter."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2018,
        "quarter": "A",
        "label": "Q1 2018",
        "effective": "January 1 – March 31, 2018",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 253.08,
        "facility": 253.08,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 2.3,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 4.62,
        "practice_expense_facility": 4.62,
        "malpractice": 0.11
    },
    "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 (Q1 2018)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18ar1.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2018/A",
        "file": "PPRRVU18_JAN.csv",
        "row": 15593,
        "sha256": "b2c0cf1c065aa6f715438573eb2251381843a90991cf56818aaf33301c43c932"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:08:09+00:00"
}