Medicare expected-payment calculator

Enter one claim line. Localis resolves the applicable fee-schedule release and payment locality, then shows the expected allowed amount, Medicare payment, patient share, and source calculation.

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50542 2026 C · National (GPCI 1.000) A Active

Non-facility

Facility

Allowed amount

$1,044.78

in a doctor’s own office or clinic

Medicare payment: $835.82
Sequestration (−2%): −$16.72
Net Medicare payment: $819.10
Patient / secondary: $208.96
Expected total to provider: $1,028.06

Patient / secondary and expected total to provider assume the Part B annual deductible is already met. If it isn't, the patient owes more than the amount shown here.

Locality-adjusted Physician Fee Schedule pricing

Formula

(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor

RVU × GPCI components of this amount
Component	RVU	× GPCI	= Adjusted
Work	20.83	× 1.000	20.8300
Practice expense	7.73	× 1.000	7.7300
Malpractice	2.72	× 1.000	2.7200
Sum of adjusted RVUs			31.2800
× 33.4009 conversion factor			$1,044.78

Citations

Physician relative value file (PPRRVU) PPRRVU2026_Jul_nonQPP.csv in rvu26c-updated-06-30-2026.zip (row 5,872)

hcpcs (col 1)

50542

status_code (col 4)

A

work_rvu (col 6)

20.83

pe_rvu_nonfacility (col 7)

7.73

pe_rvu_facility (col 9)

7.73

mp_rvu (col 11)

2.72
Physician relative value file (PPRRVU) PPRRVU2026_Jul_nonQPP.csv in rvu26c-updated-06-30-2026.zip (row 11)

conversion_factor (col 26)

33.4009

CPT / HCPCS code

Modifiers

Code does not support a professional/technical split (PCTC indicator 0).

Bilateral procedure

Assistant surgeon (physician)

Minimum assistant surgeon (physician)

Assistant surgeon (no qualified resident)

Assistant at surgery (PA, NP, or CNS)

Payable only if supporting documentation establishing the medical necessity of two co-surgeons is submitted.

Team surgery is not permitted for this code.

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ZIP

Locality

Preferred: resolves the Medicare payment locality for this line.

Release

Date

Used to select the release in effect on the claim date.

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How Localis calculated $1,044.78

CMS 2026 C PFS · component math available

allowed = (work RVU × work GPCI + PE RVU × PE GPCI + MP RVU × MP GPCI) × conversion factor, using the non-facility practice-expense column.

Component	RVU	GPCI	Subtotal
Work	20.83	1.000	20.830
Practice expense (non-facility)	7.73	1.000	7.730
Malpractice	2.72	1.000	2.720
× conversion factor $33.4009 = allowed			$1,044.78

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