CPT code 27096: SI joint injection, image-guided intra-articular2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Redding, CA

In Redding, CA, Medicare pays $186.14 for 27096 in the office and $74.48 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 27096 covers

This service places a needle into the sacroiliac joint under fluoroscopic or CT guidance, typically to deliver local anesthetic, corticosteroid, or contrast. Pain medicine physicians, anesthesiologists, physiatrists, and radiologists commonly perform it in office or facility settings for suspected or established sacroiliac joint pain. The injection is intra-articular; medication placed only in nearby muscles or soft tissue is a different service.

Report the code for the guided joint injection, including the imaging guidance and arthrography when performed; do not separately report guidance for this injection. The record should identify the treated side, target joint, imaging method, needle placement, and medication or contrast delivered. The procedure has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. For bilateral treatment, modifier 50 is paid at 150%. When performed with other procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Redding, CA compares for 27096

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 27096 runs from $156.09 in Arkansas to $233.14 in San Benito County, CA. Redding, CA pays $186.14. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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How the 27096 rate is calculated

Each of 27096’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 27096

The CMS indicators that decide how 27096 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 27096

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 27096 has changed in Redding, CA

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Where the Redding, CA rate applies

Redding, CA is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 32 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Redding
• Anderson
• Bella Vista
• Big Bend
• Burney
• Cassel
• Castella
• Centerville

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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