Fee
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider fee | $11.35 |
Schedule and sources
- Fee edition
- October 1, 2026
- Record effective
- 2025-04-01
- Schedule edition
- July 22, 2026; effective July 1, 2026
- Official files
- Fee masterSchedule PDFOntario source page
Saline study (including venipuncture, to G571, G574 or G581 ..................................................................................... add 11.35
Passages mentioning G579
DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Fee
G579 Saline study (including venipuncture, to G571, G574 or G581
..................................................................................... add 11.35
G580 Insertion of oesophageal transducer ...................................... 45.00
Note:
Peripheral Arterial and Venous Systems - see listings under Diagnostic Ultrasound.
[Commentary:
The Provision of Echocardiography in Canada guidelines of the Canadian Cardiovascular
Society and the Canadian Society of Echocardiography can be found at the following link:
https://ccs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Echo_STDP_2004.pdf ]Fee master record
Master, record 2284. Record Layout PDF, page 1.
G57920250401999999990000011350000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Auxiliary master fields are preserved as raw scaled values. The linked layout calls them zero-filled, but this edition contains non-zero values. They are not presented as final dollar fees or PDF units.
| Field | Raw / scale 10,000 |
|---|---|
| provider | 00000113500 / 11.35 |
| assistant | 00000000000 / 0 |
| specialist | 00000000000 / 0 |
| anaesthetist | 00000000000 / 0 |
| non anaesthetist | 00000000000 / 0 |
Explanation
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This is an add-on fee for a saline study, which includes venipuncture. It is listed under the Echocardiography heading and is linked to G571, G574 or G581.
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