~9,400
Median wRVUs / yr
Top cardiology CPT codes — echo, cath, EP, and clinic E&M — with current CMS wRVU values, salary data from Doximity, and an app that handles a typical mix of cath lab and clinic days.
Compensation and productivity benchmarks pulled from public physician surveys and the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
The codes that drive the bulk of cardiology billing, with current Work RVU values from the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Use these as a baseline — locality (GPCI) and modifiers adjust the final payment.
| Code | Description | wRVU | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93000 | Electrocardiogram, complete | 0.17 | Diagnostic |
| 93306 | Transthoracic echo with Doppler & color flow | 1.46 | Diagnostic |
| 93307 | Transthoracic echo without Doppler | 0.92 | Diagnostic |
| 93350 | Stress echocardiography | 1.46 | Diagnostic |
| 93452 | Left heart catheterization | 4.50 | Procedure |
| 93454 | Coronary angiography | 4.54 | Procedure |
| 93458 | Coronary cath with left ventriculography | 5.60 | Procedure |
| 92920 | Percutaneous coronary intervention, single vessel | 9.85 | Procedure |
| 93653 | EP study with ablation, supraventricular | 15.00 | Procedure |
| 33208 | Pacemaker insertion, dual chamber | 8.52 | Procedure |
| 99214 | Office visit, est. patient, moderate (30 min) | 1.92 | E&M |
| 99215 | Office visit, est. patient, high (40 min) | 2.80 | E&M |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care, high complexity | 3.50 | E&M |
Source: 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (CMS). Values reflect the national, unadjusted Work RVU.
Where cardiology productivity falls across the percentile distribution. Most RVU-based contracts target the median (50th percentile); high-volume practices push into the 75th-90th range.
MGMA-aligned 2024 estimates. Verify with your group's data source for contract negotiations.
Typical total compensation ranges across a cardiology career. Numbers blend salary, RVU productivity, and bonus components reported in physician surveys.
First 1-3 years out of training. Base-heavy contracts; productivity bonuses begin to ramp.
Years 4-10. RVU-based comp dominates as case volume settles into a steady pattern.
10+ years, partnership track, ASC ownership, or high-volume practice settings.
Ranges synthesized from Doximity 2024 and AMGA / MGMA-aligned compensation reports. Actual offers vary by region, practice setting, and case mix.
Most RVU tools were built for one type of day. RVU Tracker handles the mix of clinic, procedures, and inpatient work that actually shows up on a cardiology schedule.
Save your most-used codes as quick-add buttons. Log a visit in seconds between patients.
Add multiple codes per encounter; the tracker sums correctly with MPPR awareness when relevant.
Tag clinic vs. procedure days and see productivity per session. Decide where to add capacity.
Every code ships with current Work RVU values. Year-over-year updates roll out automatically.
Set your wRVU threshold. The tracker shows monthly pace and projects year-end totals.
Plug in your conversion factor and see real-time earnings. Compare offers during contract review.
A few high-leverage details that quietly cost RVUs (and revenue) when missed.
When a diagnostic cath (93458) leads to PCI (92920), bill both with appropriate modifiers. The diagnostic component typically reduces under multiple-procedure rules; document why diagnostic was clinically indicated separate from intervention.
If you read but don't own the machine, append -26 for the professional component. Outpatient cardiology offices owning equipment typically bill global. Tracking should distinguish so the wRVU credited matches the work actually done.
93653 (SVT) and 93656 (AF) are mutually exclusive on the same encounter. Document the targeted arrhythmia clearly; payers audit for upcoding from SVT to AF when documentation is ambiguous.
93293-93296 (pacemaker / ICD remote interrogation) carry modest wRVUs but accumulate. Track them as a discrete bucket; high-volume device clinics easily generate 1,000+ wRVUs/yr from remote monitoring alone.
2026 CMS data pre-loaded for every code. Designed for the cadence of a real cardiology day.