Medicare payment locality · Q3 2026 release

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, Ca CA Medicare Locality 74

MAC 01182 · Locality 74

This locality's GPCIs are mixed, so the net payment effect varies by code for the Q3 2026 Physician Fee Schedule. For nationally priced services, Medicare adjusts each code's work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs using these indexes.

Work GPCI

1.028

Adjusts the physician-work component for professional labor costs

Practice expense GPCI

1.166

Adjusts practice-expense inputs such as staff, rent, and services

Malpractice GPCI

0.536

Adjusts the malpractice component using liability-cost data

1.000 is the national baseline. Above raises that component; below lowers it. GPCIs are Medicare payment factors, not general cost-of-living or physician-compensation indexes.

Example rates in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, Ca Copy link

National vs. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, Ca office (non-facility) amounts for frequently reviewed codes, Q3 2026 (before sequestration). Conversion factor: 2026 standard (non-QP) physician conversion factor · $33.4009.

Code	National	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, Ca	Difference
99214	$135.61	$146.32	+7.9%
99213	$95.19	$103.11	+8.3%
99215	$192.39	$207.00	+7.6%
66984	$462.60	$494.98	+7.0%
99204	$177.36	$189.77	+7.0%
92014	$127.26	$141.00	+10.8%
97110	$29.06	$31.60	+8.7%
88305	$70.14	$78.00	+11.2%
97530	$35.07	$38.65	+10.2%
99203	$117.57	$126.35	+7.5%

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ZIP codes in this locality Copy link

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, Ca covers 41 ZIP codes across CA, per the CMS ZIP-to-locality crosswalk (Q3 2026). 2 of them span more than one locality and need ZIP+4 for an exact match.

93013 93014 93067 93101 93102 93103 93105 93106 93107 93108 93109 93110 93111 93116 93117 93118 93120 93121 93130 93140 93150 93160 93190 93199 93254 93427 93429 93434 93436 93437 93438 93440 93441 93454 93455 93456 93457 93458 93460 93463 93464

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Common questions Copy link

Why do Medicare rates in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, Ca differ from the national amount?

For nationally priced Physician Fee Schedule services, Medicare adjusts each code's work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs by this locality's three GPCIs before applying the conversion factor. Local professional labor, office-input, and liability costs therefore move the final amount up or down. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, Ca currently has mixed GPCI components, so the net payment effect varies by code for the Q3 2026 release.

How do I know if my address is in this locality?

Medicare payment localities are geographic fee-schedule areas, commonly defined with county boundaries. CMS uses the service-location ZIP code to map a claim to the applicable carrier and locality. Look up your ZIP to find your locality. About 2 ZIP codes in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, Ca span more than one locality and need the ZIP+4 to resolve exactly.

Do commercial insurers or Medicare Advantage plans use this locality?

Original Medicare uses these PFS localities directly. Commercial and Medicare Advantage plans are not required to use the same locality structure. A contract may benchmark payment to Medicare, but its language controls the Medicare release, percentage, geographic basis, and other adjustments.

Does my locality affect what I owe as a patient?

For a particular covered service, a higher locality-adjusted allowed amount generally produces a higher percentage-based coinsurance amount. The effect depends on the code, the beneficiary's deductible, supplemental coverage, and other claim circumstances.

Why did my Medicare payment change even though I didn't change what I billed?

CMS publishes updated PFS files during the year. A code's amount can change because of conversion-factor, RVU, policy, or correction updates. GPCI policy values are generally established through annual rulemaking, although later files can contain corrections. See what changed each release.

Source & method Copy link

GPCIs and rates computed from the CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Q3 2026 release (effective July 2026). ZIP coverage from the CMS ZIP-to-locality crosswalk, Q3 2026 release . Example amounts use the standard (non-QP) physician conversion factor ($33.4009) and apply this locality's GPCIs to nationally priced non-facility RVUs, before the ~2% sequestration cut. Releases are immutable: a rate retrieved for a past quarter always reflects that PFS release.

Geographic practice cost indices (Q3 2026) · rvu26c-updated-06-30-2026.zip (GPCI2026.csv row 30)

ZIP code to carrier locality crosswalk (Q3 2026) · zip-code-carrier-locality-file-updated-05-13-2026.zip (ZIP5_JUL2026.txt)

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