CPT code 70471: CTA, head and neck with contrast2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $354.13 for 70471 in the office.

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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 70471 covers

This service uses CT and contrast material to image arteries in both the head and neck. It is commonly ordered to assess concerns such as acute stroke, arterial narrowing, aneurysm, or suspected dissection. A radiologic technologist performs the scan, and a radiologist interprets the images. The study evaluates the cervical and intracranial arterial circulation as one combined examination.

Report 70471 for a combined head-and-neck angiographic study, rather than separate territory codes for the same examination. Documentation should support the clinical indication, the anatomic coverage, contrast administration, and the interpreting physician’s findings. CMS recognizes professional and technical components: modifier 26 identifies the interpretation, modifier TC identifies the equipment-and-staff portion, and an unmodified claim represents the global service. When multiple diagnostic imaging services are performed, the CMS multiple procedure reduction applies to both the professional and technical components.

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 New Mexico compares for 70471

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 70471 runs from $333.34 in Arkansas to $510.12 in San Benito County, CA. New Mexico pays $354.13. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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70471 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 70471 rate is calculated

Each of 70471’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 70471

The CMS indicators that decide how 70471 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

Codes related to 70471

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

How 70471 has changed in New Mexico

Price 70471 for an earlier date of service

Where the New Mexico rate applies

New Mexico is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 528 cities and communities in New Mexico. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abeytas
• Abiquiu
• Acomita Lake
• Adelino
• Agua Fria
• Alamillo
• Alamo
• Alamogordo

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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.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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