- Medicare payment
- $190.39
- Sequestration (−2%)
- −$3.81
- Net Medicare payment
- $186.58
- Patient / secondary
- $47.60
- Expected total to provider
- $234.18
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.
Status A Medicare calculates a national payment amount for this code and pays it separately when the service is covered. Full definition → Locality-adjusted Physician Fee Schedule pricing
Formula
(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor
Citations
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Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)
PPRRVU2026_Jul_nonQPP.csv
in
rvu26c-updated-06-30-2026.zip
(row 8,114)
- hcpcs (col 1)
- 73221
- status_code (col 4)
- A
- work_rvu (col 6)
- 1.32
- pe_rvu_nonfacility (col 7)
- 4.73
- pe_rvu_facility (col 9)
- 4.73
- mp_rvu (col 11)
- 0.09
-
Geographic practice cost indices (GPCI)
GPCI2026.csv
in
rvu26c-updated-06-30-2026.zip
(row 81)
- work_gpci (col 5)
- 1.064
- pe_gpci (col 6)
- 1.182
- mp_gpci (col 7)
- 1.442
-
Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)
PPRRVU2026_Jul_nonQPP.csv
in
rvu26c-updated-06-30-2026.zip
(row 11)
- conversion_factor (col 26)
- 33.4009
Single-line modifiers only. Pricing -51? Use the MPPR calculator.
Preferred: resolves the Medicare payment locality for this line.
Used to select the release in effect on the claim date.